If your workflow feels comfortable there's really no need to change it in my opinion. The reason I do this is to avoid the frustrating feeling that I'm spending all my time moving around in the text file rather than actually making the program. It's less about speed and more about feeling good while programming.
You really only need a few shortcuts to feel comfortable. The ones in the basic tutorial are pretty much all I use, but I also enable god-mode to avoid having to keep Ctrl pressed as that hurts.
Is there still hope for me?
I think my biggest issue is that I am a slow coder and I never feel in a hurry.