I’m resisting buying a new keyboard.

I have promised myself that my need to collect new keebs is over, and I can be happy with what I have. I tell myself that at least once a day. I have a problem.

The thing that is prodding me towards breaking my “no new keyboards” streak, is that my current dactyl doesn’t have enough keys. It does, and I could easily use layers, but my brain thinks it needs more keys in the thumb cluster. It would be nice, but it’s not really necessary.

But the keyboard addictted idiot inside me taunts me with the image of how awesome my Dactyl would be if the thumb cluster was six on each side instead of three. How I could have a SUPER key on both sides instead of just one and how I could have dedicated layer keys instead of re-purposing three of the function keys. It tells me that more keys are always better when it comes to a split keyboard.

It also taunts me with feeling that I deserve something new and exciting. That hit of whatever you get when you get a new toy. And let’s be clear, it’s not been all that long since I bought myself something new. But the brain thinks it might be good to get something new again.

I do not need it. The three key cluster on my current deck is plenty. I can easily make this board last years and then replace it when it is actually in need of being replaced. That was my plan. But then I saw a friend of mine buy a new keyboard (the Glove 80), and that looks nice, and that spurred me into thinking about how nice it would be if I had a new keyboard. It’s been worming into my thoughts more often than I’d like to admit.

But I’m going to hold strong. For one thing, it would be enormously stupid to spend $400 on a board I already have for six more keys. For another, I don’t actually need the six extra keys. I have layers right now, and I can redo the top layer if I want it to be better suited for having SUPER on both sides. If I want. No, it’s not a shiny new deck, but it will serve the same purpose, and I can put the money towards replacing my PC sometime next year. Something I really want to be able to do.

Being a responsible adult sucks, sometimes.

P.S. I would love nothing more than to start a keyboard YouTube channel, so if any Keyboard companies out there read this, email me. 🤣