For me, I always find its best to find a problem that I want to fix and then research to tools that would best fix it. I find it much easier to stick with something if I am seeing the benefits...I have a horrible time just trying to say I am going to learn (insert topic here) today! Its much easier for me to say I want to make my own Tower Defense Game, or Invoicing Application I should learn Python or C or html to make it work.