Tonight, I can barely hold in the excitement. This isn’t something I want to keep bottled up until tomorrow morning; I need to put it all down right now while I still feel every ounce of it. After 26 days of relentless, borderline obsessive practice, I’ve hit my goal. 80 WPM with 93% accuracy in under 30 days.
I can’t believe it—no, I can, but it still feels surreal. This is what I’ve been working toward, pouring hours into training my fingers to dance across the keys, rewriting how I interact with my computer.
Tonight, I didn’t just type fast. I felt it. Right after those first 20 words, I knew I was going to hit a new record. I was at a constant speed of 100+ WPM
My heart started syncing with the rhythm of my typing, beating faster and faster, matching my fingers as they flew across the keyboard. Each word I typed fed the adrenaline, made my heart race. I was in this intense flow state where every key was falling into place perfectly.
I had to literally and consciously take deep breaths to calm myself down which in turn ofcourse made me a little slower towards the end as you can see in the graph. But then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw the confetti explode on the screen—the victory moment I’d been waiting for.
I lost it. Like, truly lost it. My reaction must’ve been insane because I grabbed my microphone, trying to capture the sound of my heartbeat. Dumb? Yeah, maybe. But I just didn’t know what else to do in that moment. It felt huge, monumental, like I’d hit my own world record (and yeah, I am my own world).
And then I remembered—I had written down earlier, “I’m gonna set a new world record in typing today… I’m feeling it.” And there it was. I’d actually done it, just like I predicted.
This journey feels like it’s gone by in a blur, but at the same time, I can remember every single day of it. I started at a measly 45 WPM, pushing through to 58, then to 75, and finally today… 80. I’ve nearly doubled my speed in less than a month. A 37.93% improvement over 27 days. That’s not just numbers—it’s proof that I can do whatever I set my mind to if I’m willing to put in the work. My day-by-day progress, inching forward, around 1.40% improvement daily—it all added up to this.
So here I am, relieved and absolutely buzzing. I’ve done it. I’ve conquered this challenge, and now my fingers feel like they’re on autopilot, gliding over the keys like I’m just thinking out loud.
Tonight, I’m letting myself feel every bit of pride, excitement, and relief. I’ll sleep well, knowing that I’ve finally achieved something I once thought was nearly impossible.
So here’s to more milestones, to setting bigger, crazier goals, and to remembering that when you really go after something, you don’t just achieve it—you change something inside of yourself. Good night, me. Here’s to the dreams I’ll have tonight, knowing I’ve just crushed a big one in real life.
~ Dewansh Jain: 11:49pm
