How do I get exited about learning again?

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School really wasn't working for me and I finally got my parents to agree to home school me, which is great, but school sucks the fun out of learning, and over time has dwindled the happiness it brings me. I have recovered it before, but I still worry, and I don't want to wait so long to feel the same magic about learning, the same fascination. I want to have my passion for it back, the enchanting-ness of becoming truly inspired by it. I feel that school took from me and made me only part of who I am. I'm glad to be out but I can't help but think of how things could be if I was taken out sooner. I understand that some of my experiences wouldn't have happened the same way or at all, I believe that God does everything for a reason, and I wouldn't go back and change it if I could, but part of me wishes that the damage hadn't been done. Anyhow, how do I get my love of learning back. Thanks!

By reading about what you're interested in.

As the loss of your learning drive could be from boredom and lack of stimulation in school, I think you should avoid "easy" stuff and go for the stimulating stuff.

I call it the "wow" factor. I'd have this really wide-eyed look and say "wow" ina hushed whisper a lot when i was little. Really a repetitive thing of sorts when i think about it, but it was how I expressed that I really enjoyed or was amazed at something.

I agree that you need to tackle something challenging. When I'm bored and need to stimulate my mind at times I find myself doing alternate history - usually just little what-ifs but enough tos timulate my brain and get me focused on figuring out how some4thing would work and all the intricacies of it if it went differently. I've turned a few of these into Pritn On Demand books, in fact, with one I'm working on, such as "If Baseball Integrated Early."

So, find something that will engross you, something where you want to learn every bit about it. And, another thing that could help, maybe go 'back in time" a bit if you can to rediscover some of the things you learned or enjoyed doing when you were little. That also helps me to remember, "Yeah, boy, this sure was fun."

Do you see the things you're learning as contributing to something meaningful, an interesting future, or a skill you like? Do they challenge you enough but not too much? If not, that might be why it's hard to get excited. Sometimes not enough variety (or too much) can hurt motivation.