I was like you, was pretty fast and never actually learned to type. About 8 years ago I decided that I use computers so much that I should probably learn. I bou

I was like you, was pretty fast and never actually learned to type. About 8 years ago I decided that I use computers so much that I should probably learn. I bought a blank keycap DAS keyboard and forced my self to learn to use it. I also switched to Colemak at that time, since I figured that's the best time to learn. The first two weeks were painful, then it started to get easier. After about a month, I was up to my previous speed. Nowadays, I have no idea how fast I type, but its super comfortable and I don't ever look at my hands. Typing is super comfortable, plenty fast and I find I get less RSI/strain. I do also use a Kinsesis Advantage keyboard nowadays (I feel it wouldn't be useful without touch-typing though). From a comfort/strain point of view, I think I made the right decision and regret not doing it sooner. From a typing speed point of view, I think I'm a bit faster, but probably not enough to really care that much, but I haven't checked in a long time.