Treat learning vim like you'd treat learning a natural language. You weren't having conversations when you were two years old, but you were learning words that

Treat learning vim like you'd treat learning a natural language. You weren't having conversations when you were two years old, but you were learning words that you'd need later when you were ready to string them into sentences. That's how vim works. I've been using vim for 10 years and I learn new things all the time.