For me it was a combination of: - Reading through vimtutor - Disabling my arrow key bindings and unplugging my mouse for a week (as part of a combined vim/i3/

For me it was a combination of: - Reading through vimtutor - Disabling my arrow key bindings and unplugging my mouse for a week (as part of a combined vim/i3/vimiuim learning experience/experiment) - Playing Vim Adventures, a puzzle game based on Vim's controls The three days of godawful productivity has paid off a thousandfold- especially when I later became temporarily disabled (broken bones in both arms) and couldn't use a mouse for a while.