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by _benj 1560 days ago
I’ve spent way too much time “learning” emacs! lol

A better option would be to define your goal with emacs and then learn that. I use it for plaintext finances and learned enough lisp to get it working the way I like it and it’s been an amazing experience!!

The pitfall of “learning” emacs without a goal is that you won’t know when you have reached it, how far might you be from reaching it and so on. Do you know emacs when you can write elisp fluently? When you use org mode for everything? When you have replaced every other tools for emacs?

Emacs is a really fun tool with ridiculous amount of power, so enjoy the journey but get/make a map! It transforms aimless wandering into a journey :)