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Tuesday, 15 July 2025

**| -| **Today was declared a public holiday to honour our ex-Nigerian President, Late President Muhammadu Buhari**. The news about his demise came as a rude shock on Sunday. But as our country mourned, I decided to use the opportunity to finish up some piled up tasks. There were two major things I planned to work on this morning. Like, - Writing multiple content for Steemit - Drafting e-mails I'd send out later in the week As I typed, I found myself seriously struggling to remember the spelling of some simple words. **These are words I never had issues with.** I paused multiple times, trying to remember how to spell _“achiac”_ (archaic), then I tried _“snege”_ (snake) and _“sincronise”_ (synchronise). Gosh! ![Screenshot_20250715-093938.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmemStBkMDBoum5TaeJQTBa9zAYtEn6qfu9HAhhNDhJ66X/Screenshot_20250715-093938.png)_{The only way to remember the word "archaic" was by searching using its synonym "obsolete"}|![Screenshot_20250715-093653.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWgd5eQNyqHa1EuZtRK8GwjvXFy696o794Y6brR4eRvKX/Screenshot_20250715-093653.png)_{Does any other person spell "snake" this way? 😂}| -|-| Have you observed that with each passing year, we use less books and type more with our phones or computers? In my case, I have not used a book and pen to draft any post in like four years. So my brain relies on the swift nature of AutoCorrect which predicts my next words, autocapitalises my texts, and finishes my words or sentences once I type out the first two letters or words. Some days, I use Google voice to write out my speech. However, today, autocorrect was not “correcting”. And my network was so poor that Google voice could not function properly. _It would connect, then trip off without writing anything I said._ I was stranded. So I had to depend on my brain this time. You will agree that these tools, particularly the speech-to-text and glide typing features, help save time. But, honestly, they have also made my brain super lazy. **Right now, I feel like a toddler who is just learning how to walk again.** ![Screenshot_20250715-100931.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdst6YWzVp5jLQd4CQX6QbcbsY9sMgSbUW67q2rZv7Gv5/Screenshot_20250715-100931.png)| -| _{Imagine this!}| I love Grammarly, Google voice and my assistant so…so much! I love how they make my writing, editing and proofreading work so smooth and seamless. But right now, I do not know the level of damage these technological tools and softwares have done to my brain. I plan to purchase a book and pen specifically for writing. Let it not be heard that an **English graduate**, a part-time **kids' ESL tutor** and a **Steemit content writer** cannot spell **“snake”**. Where will I hide my face?!