Nicely put... wish I had tried Emacs sometime. I can relate to what you are saying as I use Vim commands/shortuts everywhere from my Window manager, browser to custom key mapping of lkjh for arrow keys on my ergodox keyboards..
If you want to dip your toes in the water, I recommend Spacemacs. It uses VIM key bindings by default, and it goes to great lengths to help you find the functionality you're looking for.
