I do the same (but with jj) and it's much better than escape. I do it with a bunch of symbols as well; e.g. years back when I was doing logic I'd use vim to ta

I do the same (but with jj) and it's much better than escape. I do it with a bunch of symbols as well; e.g. years back when I was doing logic I'd use vim to take notes and bound AA to ∀.