Interesting. I learned shorthand and typing and made a good living with both. It also went well with my perfectionism, because when I worked at a law firm, even a comma could change the meaning of something. When I worked on Estates, I had to keep track of every penny and my annual court reports always balanced. I still balance to the penny in my checking account.

It's really hard for me NOT to take notes when I'm reading about something because I've done that for most of my life. They are half in script and half in shorthand. And my thoughts go much faster than my hand!!

I learned the short hand forms by writing them over and over and did the same in a college class I took for fun. I learned how to identify 150 California native plant and tree names by writing them over and over.