"Have any of you overcome this after > 10 years of bad habits? How did you do it?" I had a secretary handing my arse to me... So after ten years of bad habits

"Have any of you overcome this after > 10 years of bad habits? How did you do it?" I had a secretary handing my arse to me... So after ten years of bad habits I decided to learn the proper way. She showed me the basics (which are really super trivial: it's so easy that a five minutes YouTube video about how to touch-type should get you started) and then... Practice. Practice. And practice. And I did buy a split keyboard (warning, there are two schools concerning where the '6' is located and there are even very rare split keyboard who very intelligently did put the '6' on both the left and the right part of the keyboard, so that everyone's happy : ) Buying a split keyboard kinda helps. After three months I was back at the speed I was before. Then I started typing faster. It's not so much about the speed: it's about the economy of hand and fingers movement too. I'm sure it's better from an RSI standpoint. You need to force yourself and keep your eyes on the goal: become faster than before. Don't mind the obstacles: the very beginning is going to be the most painful. Buy a real keyboard too: my keyboard / chair / monitor are my physical tools which I use all the time. I spent $$$ on them. Now the issue is that a good split keyboard is very expensive. ANSI Cherry MX 5000 go for about $500, split IBM Model M15 will settle you a good $1000 to $1500, etc. Junk like the split MS ergo 4000 have a nice shape but are, sadly, using super shitty rubber dome keyboard. If you spend your life typing on a laptop then you're destroying your fingers' joints with the ultra-low profile scissor switches. I'm using a HHKB Pro 2 on my workstation and I hook it to my laptop. Topre switches. Amazing stuff for about $300. Now that I know how to touch-type I don't really care about my keyboard being split or not.