[billybob]

Touch typing is a great analogy. I was a pretty good hunt-and-peck typer in 6th grade; I would even do 2-3 finger "rolls" across keys to type faster.

Learning to touch-type was frustrating at first: I knew I could go faster with my usual methods. But with perseverance, I became much faster with touch typing than I ever was before.

Vim is the same way. At first, it feels terrible to have to use these awkward keystrokes instead of the GUI editor commands you're used to. But eventually, with muscle memory and intentional practice, editing in Vim becomes very fast and efficient.