| After another couple hours writing on my laptop in an office chair pulled up to a coffee table with a top that lifts up and out to desk height, my back is aching again. Mobile phones and tablets are convenient for sudden inspiration or unexpected free time, but glide typing, voice typing, and handwriting-to-typing, while incredibly fast and efficient (well, all but the latter, which is just comforting and gives me time to mull), are infuriatingly inaccurate. And my arm gets tired. What positions and writing methods have you found work best for you, and why? What are your least favorite, and why? |
| Jay O'Toole Baron Ravenloft |
| I hear you. I have neck, arm, back issues too. I have a height-adjustable āMouse & Keyboard Tray Under Desk, 28x10'' Large Slide Out Swivel Tilt Keyboard with Mouse Pad for Home Office Deskā from Amazon. While typing I can lean back on my heating pad that also has a neck wrap. I also use one of these https://a.co/d/66ZEwWv I feel like an astronaut tucked in for for launch. |
| I won't be around much the next three days: I've added a new entry to my book, "La Bene Vita" "Recital Time!" |
| The StoryMaster |
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| I spend way too much time revising the rules of my various activities to make them as brief as possible so participants will actually read them - you know, for a reading and writing website. |
| Battywynš¶Prep! |
| I just stumbled on Max Griffin š³ļøāš |
| Orion! Begone! Thou vilest herald of winter imminent! Get thee to a gunnery! Or something. An archery, I suppose. Just go away. My apologies to my southern hemisphere friends. |
| Waltz in the Lonesome October |
| Battywynš¶Prep! |
| I hate it when I open something in my Sent email folder to send a follow-up comment to the original recipient, but I use "reply" without thinking, thereby replying to myself. Luckily, it's only embarrassing for like a nanosecond before I realize that I'm the only one who saw myself do something so dumb. |
| "Oh. My." Yes, Dorothy, musicians actually make mistakes. I should know. I've been playing the piano since I was six. I've never played anything perfectly. Just brush the hair out of your eyes, and get on with your creative self. No worries. |
| Yep, I did that just the other day and was super impressed with how quickly the other person replied until I realized my mistake. Hahaha! |
| I just discovered nine unfinished reviews in my review tool from 2009 and 2014. |
| Yeah, you should definitely |
Teaching music is such a gift. Lots of hard work, but what a return on your investment!