I’ve been noticing lately that I make & miss more typos. I’m a little bit concerned that this might mean something. I do try to type pretty fast, and these days I’m trying to type 100% of everything, including the things I used to write down on paper. I think it’s improving my speed, but I am making more mistakes and I think I’m actually missing them when I proofread my documents.

The way I see it, making a typo is normal, but missing it completely on a re-read is not. I should be able to catch and correct it immediately, I think, and end up with something well-written. I think I’ve been pretty good with this up until recently, when I’ll re-read a document I’ve published and even proofread once or twice, and I still find errors. Typos drive me nuts. Did I mention that? And most of mine lately are entire words, so they’re not usually picked up by my spellchecker with the red underlines. I wish WordPress and Standard Notes included a grammar checking as well, like Microsoft Word does. I think that would help me a lot. But why now, all of a sudden, do I need more grammar and spell-checking? Is something changing as I get older?

I joke all the time about having “CRS” (Can’t Remember Shit Stuff), but I think it’s beginning to evolve into something more real, like Alzheimer’s, which then leads to dementia. It could be a totally irrational fear right now, and nothing I should be worrying about, but I do. I know I have several risk factors against me, including morbid obesity and diabetes, and I’m trying to work through improving those conditions.