got myself a new split keyboard. is it time to learn new layout?

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    I got myself a lily58 split keyboard. well, I've gotten myself up to 40 wpm right now using qwerty, so it's usable. I wonder if learning a new layout is worth it considering cold turkey is not possible. currently interested in Colemak-DH, focal and canary. any opinions?

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    I type Chinese most of the time unless I'm doing a bit of programming, lol.
    I'm definitely not the best person to ask this questions.

    Personally, I think keyboard layout only work if you only type in txt document like word or PDF or something. At least I'm too lazy to change the setting of keyboards shortcuts. It took a long time to learn them, lol.
    It's easier to change setting on Linux for most programs as they are usually saved in /etc/ and just edit the text files. But windows, most of the programs are kinda awkward.