I have a stress fracture involving the palm of my left hand. Ouch! It developed at some point yesterday evening or early this morning. It makes typing a slow, laborious process. I’m using Dragon Naturally Speaking to dictate as much as possible. I had started using it because of pain from a shoulder injury. Now I’m truly dependent on dictation though. I’m still feeling awkward with talking instead of typing. It seems like ideas flow more smoothly when I type. Verbalizing my thoughts takes some sort of extra step that seems clumsy somehow. It’s like the thoughts come from different parts of my brain when I have to talk things out. I don’t like it very much, even though I know it’s best for me. I know I need to be grateful that I have Dragon, and I am. I still notice the difference though. I’m a visual learner and don’t learn well from the auditory side of things. I need to see or touch what I’m learning about. I’m curious about how this all works and why talking is so much harder for me than typing or writing in Braille. I’m thinking that if I understand why, maybe I can change it or compensate somehow. If you have any ideas, I’d be interested in what you’ve got to say. For now, I’m off to listen to an audiobook.