[jgilias]

Try Doom Emacs and configure it with evil mode (vim keybindings). Presto, problem solved!

[struanr]

Also worth swapping the control and caps lock keys (system wide if possible). Takes a while to relearn but much easier to reach with your pinky.

[hatmatrix]

On macOS, you can remap command to control within emacs.

Control with the thumb was the original configuration when emacs was built.