I keep seeing this and ... I used to have this problem in the beginning too, with the "chords of doom" (Meta + Ctrl + ...). But what worked for me was: (1) Re

I keep seeing this and ... I used to have this problem in the beginning too, with the "chords of doom" (Meta + Ctrl + ...). But what worked for me was: (1) Remap Caps-Lock to Control: I do this mindlessly, automatically, as the _first_ step on any new laptop now (2) Set aliases for frequently used stuff: E.g. `C-x C-m` instead of `M-x`. In general, this piggybacks on (1) above. A lot of Ctrl-? key combinations become very ergonomic, and you don't have to twist your hand into weird shapes. Good luck! :-)