I second this. I've really underestimated how big an impact first impressions can leave, especially when dealing with completely unfamiliar tools.
My first intro to Vim could be called "haphazard" at best because I was pressed at the time, and so that thoroughly soured the relationship. It was only after I took a few steps back and went at it with a let's try this again attitude very slowly did I finally get through it without exhausting myself. I wish I took the slow route the first time.
Best way to learn Vim is to learn it for the sake of learning it. Not because "it's in the way".
My first intro to Vim could be called "haphazard" at best because I was pressed at the time, and so that thoroughly soured the relationship. It was only after I took a few steps back and went at it with a let's try this again attitude very slowly did I finally get through it without exhausting myself. I wish I took the slow route the first time.
Best way to learn Vim is to learn it for the sake of learning it. Not because "it's in the way".