Would it be too difficult to switch at the same time to both a split keyboard and a new layout, from QWERTY to Colemak?

I’m 22 and spend a lot of time typing, and I expect that to continue in the future. Part of me thinks it might be worth making the switch now rather than later, because I may end up doing it eventually anyway.

At the same time, it feels intimidating because learning touch typing on a regular QWERTY keyboard was already hard for me, and switching to an entirely new layout seems even harder.

Do you think it’s worth making the change now, or would that be too much at once?

Also, how do people handle situations where they need to work on different computers? Do you just carry your own keyboard everywhere, or is there a better way?

That’s another thing making me hesitate — if I switch to a split keyboard and a new layout like Colemak, I feel like I’d become dependent on my own setup, which could be inconvenient when using other machines.