Exactly! I love reading when I read something I want to read, nobody likes reading something when it's forced to you. I understand why most people don't like reading, it's because they never picked up a book that they were legitimately interested in, instead they just remember times from school when they were forced to read novels they had no interest in.
Exactly man I hated every single depressing novel we read in school, Tuesdays with Morey, all the holocaust novels, which were all essentially the same story, and a ton of teachers who could never answer any questions that were not in the textbook. I'm enjoying college more because they're classes I choose, and the teachers seem to care more, but the only book I ever enjoyed reading that my English teacher recommended was Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, which my teacher recommended because he was genuinely interested in sharing the book with us, and not because it was part of the school curriculum, and now I have read and enjoyed all of his books on my own time, but none the less, the thought of reading still puts horrible memories of drudging through depressing seemingly monotone books in school, I try to fight it though
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I really wana learn Japanese so I can go live there for a year or two and experience the culture, and so I can read their books and watch their shows, I love their culture, their music, their history, their food (not what we call Japanese food here, which is still good, but what they actually make there, the traditional dishes are amazing), one of my old friends was from Japan and I've gotten a taste of the culture form his family, cuz his parents are immigrants, and I really wana be a part of it, I failed Spanish in middle school, but for me Japanese just seems easier, one cuz I'm actually interested in it, and two because for every word, I have to envision the characters that I've practiced, and having an image to associate with the sound for some reason makes it easier for me, and with the huge community of Americans trying to learn Japanese, and vise versa, along with tons of free apps, and bands with lyrics I wanna learn to understand, it's not too hard to stay motivated, and working at my own pace gives me the time to reinforce and make sure that I know every detail of what I'm trying to learn before I move on, cuz I don't want it to be like high school where I take a quiz and then forget it and move on.
Here's my favorite Japanese song right now, kinda indie pop music, I really like the video too
