Vim's usefulness comes from the combined effects of many Vim commands, also the benefit of a unique way of doing things. Sadly this combination is hardly availa

Vim's usefulness comes from the combined effects of many Vim commands, also the benefit of a unique way of doing things. Sadly this combination is hardly available after only a few hours or a day's study. Knowing only a few commands won't give you much reward, and without immediate reward, people often lose motivation to continue. IMHO a good approach is to devote one or two months' available time, make yourself super focused, just read, memorize and practice, whenever and wherever you can. Also try not to use Vim for actual work in this stage. Practice a lot with small scripts. After a month or two of violently focused study/practice, you will either stop for whatever reason (that's OK because the knowledge gained will be useful for the rest of your career), or you have become good at 30 or 40 Vim commands/options/tricks, the combination of them actually make you more productive than before. The reward is sweeeet, so the learning goes on, probably for many more years.