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As I write this post, when I think of a word, my fingers immediately hit the Dvorak keys for the letters, as if of their own will. But with the QWERTY layout, what comes out on the screen is gibberish. To avoid mistakes, I have to stay alert and be conscious of every single keystroke; only thus can I overcome the power of muscle memory and slowly form the new habit. Writing is thinking<\/em> has never sounded so true as I try hard to separate the typing from the thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But why do I endure this hardship? I think that, when I adopted Dvorak, disruption of my previous typing patterns relieved me of the pain in my left arm. Now that my right arm hurts in that familiar way after much typing, I hope that another change will have the same positive effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After using the Dvorak keyboard layout for more than 15 years, I’m returning to the QWERTY layout. 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