How to Type with Long Nails

This is easier said than done, I am just warning you ahead of time. I say this with my freshly manicured nails and my wrists already aching from typing at an unfamiliar angle.

Today, I went with my brother to the store to get a few things. We find it easier to spend time together if we are also running errands. Not that we do not enjoy our time together, we just have separate lives and can get wrapped up in them and forget to call one another. We bring the baby along, they get uncle-nephew time, I get a little break, and get some stuff done. It works best for everyone this way. We went in the cosmetics section to get some nail glue for my brother. He is, and will always be, a million times more fabulous than I am. I got to looking at the press-ons, and wouldn’t you know, they have these gorgeous lemon gel press-on nails. Well, you know I’m crazy about lemons. Of course, I bought them.

Lemon nails

I am currently pretending that I am playing the piano while I type, my hands are flat and I am using the meaty part of my finger to type. I feel like I am doing more arm movement than normal while doing this. I will say it helped a lot to move my computer further back on my desk and rest my elbows on the desk. Normally, my elbows are down at my side.

Now that I have adjusted my hand and arm positions and moved my computer back, I am typing much faster! I am still making quite a lot of mistakes, and my perfectionist side isn’t too happy about that. It seems like if I let my hands hover a little bit, I make less mistakes! Okay, I think I got this! Excellent!

This is definitely not my favorite way to type, but I am getting the hang of it. If I can do it, you can do it too!