I read because I enjoy it but there is a bit of compulsion as well. Nothing overwhelming. I like to read. I like to eat peanuts. When I've had what I think are enough peanuts I still want a few more. Reading is like that with me.
As for spelling, I've always felt that spelling was important. Also I've always been a very poor speller. I've worked on that actively since I got out of school. Very few days go by where I don't do something to try to improve my spelling, usually several times. I'm much better now than I used to be. I might have almost reached a "poor" level.
I'm also a pretty fast typist. Nothing resembling lightning but I'm faster than most people I know. I do make an occasional typo but that has nothing to do with my spelling problem. When I type I don't think about letters. I think about words and phrases and sentences. My fingers translate those into letters. It's entirely unconscious.
As I typed this post I've tried to be pretty careful with my spelling but I'm intentionally not checking it. Of course Chrome is and it caught me leaving the 's' out of "unconscious". I'm grateful for any such help from on high.
Barry