There's a bunch of things you could try, btw: First off, vim has a GUI version where you can use the mouse (and in some terminal emulators you can too - for example st[0])

Secondly, did you try using splits (horizontal and vertical is possible, you practically have a sort of WM inside vim) or maybe you prefer the tabs-approach to things (even though the purpose of tabs is a different one, but you can bend it to your will so it works kinda like in notepad++)

Also, relative line numbers really help me with the vertical navigation - you practically have the number you need to type at the start of the line (and your current line can have the actual line number, if :set nu is active)

[0]https://st.suckless.org/