Time constraints? Too many languages at once? Just don't like it? Feel apathetic about it?
Even though I have a Chinese roommate, I don't feel inclined to learn Mandarin: I'm not a huge fan of how it sounds, and learning all of those characters looks like a huge mountain to climb.
Italian, Japanese and German are on my list of next languages to tackle, but first I'll take the Tarvos approach and focus on one at a time, in this case, French.
Turkish and Persian look really interesting--I can see myself enjoying the cultures and the history...I'm not sure if I can make them "useful". Perhaps later they will move up on the list.
Spanish would be useful...I just lost enthusiasm for it. I tried really hard to like it so I can become fluent and use it, but having family and myself pushing me to learn it killed my enthusiasm.
Lastly, Arabic has been on my mind lately...But I don't have the passion to learn it. When I compare it to my interest in learning Japanese, and both languages are considered the hardest to learn for English natives, I can see myself climbing the difficult mountain of Japanese fluency, but not the Arabic one at this point.
