Don’t worry, if your house is properly wired, you will not get electrocuted feeling the outlet. I run my fingers over the outlet to locate the holes and then insert the plug.

I personally have better luck with surge protectors.
They usually have four to six sockets, so I can move up and down to find one, plus I can keep everything together and usually plugged in. All my chargers are kept plugged in so I just have to grab the wire.

Come to the UK where the holes are bigger and safer and there are insulating coverings on the pins so you don't get fried.

Careful not to touch the pins of whatever you are plugging into the wall socket. They do not need to be inserted far for a current to start passing through them.

Use a finger to find the socket, slide back a small bit, and then use that finger as a guiding line to the socket for the plug.

Takes a bit of practice and a whole lot of patience. Sockets are pretty terrible for ergonomic approach.

Move to the UK ;-)

Our plugs are much chunkier and have insulation on part of the pins that protect you from being shocked and the conducting metal parts are completely inserted before they become energised.

We also have switches on our sockets so you can de-energise them while you plug and unplug. Modern houses also have residual current circuit breakers on every socket circuit.

We also have building regulations (Part M) that encourage manufactures to make wall sockets in dark grey plastic that will contrast strongly with white walls and the white socket switches. I fitted a set of these for a friend along with similar high contrast light switches. They actually looked quite smart and modern, matching the dark kitchen marble work-surface chosen to provide contrast with their steel saucepans, light coloured chopping boards, crockery and cutlery.

We also have 230V at every domestic socket so we have to take a little extra care.

I'm blind and have always just lined up the plugs to plug them in. As long as you don't put your finger in the line of the plug, it's totally fine. Never had an issue.

Other suggestions look good, but for marginal cases, contrast can help: Like white walls, black wallplate around outlets, white outlets. It creates kind of a bulls-eye.

One of those things that just takes getting used to. I just go off the larger circular bottom prong, and as long as I can find where that goes, the rest always fits in. And the circular bottom one is easiest to feel for both, on the wall and cord itself.

I’m in the UK and was a bit confused why you’d be electrocuted, then I remembered, oh yeah, the US doesn’t have off switches for their plugs.

What I do is, if the plug has the ground pin (the little tube below the two prongs), I touch the socket until I find this hole. This hole is safe because it is connected to ground.

After finding this hole I feel the other two holes just to get a feel of the orientation. Then with my finger on the ground hole I plug that first then remove my hand and rotate it to the orientation I remember. When I feel it is sitting in the socket I just push.

If the plug doesn't have a ground pin I just touch the socket to find a hole for one prong, then with the same hand try to find the hole with one single prong. When I find and can insert one prong in the socket I just straighten the plug and it just connects.

Hope this helps :)

I found magnetic connectors for all of my nephew’s electronics, he just has to get it within a known radius and everything connects and charges.

This is actually a problem I deal with. I mainly just sort of poke the plug in the general vicinity of the outlet until it fits, but I'm sure there's a better way

I wear a glove and line everything up w my finger :)
( Of course the glove can't be conductive)

Can you get a hold of a non-electrified outlet to practice on? (Any hardware store should have them or you can plug in something that makes a beeping noise and flip breakers till you hear it turn off)

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