Discussion: When did you start learning Japanese and how long have you been studying? What helped you to persevere when things became especially difficult?

When did you start learning Japanese? What year and/or how old were you when you started? How long have you been studying?

For me, i started learning several years ago, and was on and off with it. I would start, only to give up when the motivation wasn't there and things felt "too hard".

I've recently gotten back into it and really don't want to just give up again. I'd like to hear from you all what you do when you start to feel discouraged.