Practicing to hard copy

As some of my fellow stenographers suggested, I have been practicing steno to hard copy to pull myself out of the boredom of constantly practicing to audio. I selected a book that I began reading this summer. The Alienist, by Caleb Carr. It's a great book, but unfortunately, I can't write fast enough to comprehend any of the sentences that I'm typing. Yes, I'm that slow.

Nevertheless, I enjoy this type of practice. It gives me the opportunity to work on my accuracy. I feel guilty, however. As I type at my glacially-slow speed, I keep thinking, I should be working on my speed, not accuracy.

So, here I sit torn between speed and accuracy. I'm sure my guilt will get the best of me and I'll be back to practicing to boring audio takes tomorrow. Sign . . .