It's simple really — I wanted to learn Python. And the reason I wanted to learn Python was because:
I wanted to learn choosing,
and I wanted it to be simple.
According to most articles and blogs I've been reading, you could easily learn Python within 6 months to a year.
I'm approaching this journey as an adventure. As someone who is into tech, and has been worrying about it for quite awhile, this seemed like a natural progression.
Learning new things is an excellent way to occupy yourself, and with the future being very much an algorithm-enabled one, it sure makes absolute sense in learning a new discipline.