Gradual progress is still progress. Just pick a specific task that you do routinely (say markdown editing) and just use neovim for that one task - eat the elep

Gradual progress is still progress. Just pick a specific task that you do routinely (say markdown editing) and just use neovim for that one task - eat the elephant one bite at a time and markdown is generally small enough/light enough that you won't get out into the weeds trying to make neovim the perfect IDE in the process.