My learning Japanese experience happened in last summer, when I have enough mood to try something new. Dreaming to become a translator in caption groups, I have learnt Japanese for a short time but gave up in end.
In three months, I accept classes three times a week online, hand on my home work through internet as well, which is not a happy time for me because I did not seriously learn Japanese at all. At the beginning, I did go all out learning, which cannot become an easy thing, but it is worthwhile to pour yourself into.Whereas, I am just a single drop of water to the sea of Japanese, which is the reason why I refuse the next term after three months over. Nevertheless, I have obtained some knowledge from my Japanese teacher except Japanese itself. My Japanese teacher is a tender woman who not only told us about how to study Japanese, but also introduced plenty of Japanese cultures. After all the classes and a year blank, I have nothing but some interesting Japanese customs in my mind.
By and large, I still get a lot in spite of learning nothing about another language. What's more, I take pride in that my time on last summer was not wasted, which reminds me that besides your aim, the beauty just happens in half way.