Initially I felt the same about Vim, I attempted a couple of times to pick it up but could'nt get used to it. However, I could see it's potential and one last attempt I made and told myself that it would be an investment. I broke the barrier and got competent enough to make it useful for myself as much as a normal editor such as nano pico or even notepad. I was then on track because I started learning about plugins vimscript. organizing my code so that it is convenient for use with Vim. I have still a lot to learn but I can say that it has already increased my productivity ten-fold. However, I can respect that everbody is different and Iam happy if you've found your ideal editor in nano.
I love nano. it's so much better than vim imo. it's not odd, it doesnt have too much historical baggage and it is newbie friendly so you can pass it to someone and they aren't at a complete loss like vi and vim