Language learning as a hobby

[quantumspiral]

I just started learning Spanish. I'm mostly using Dreaming Spanish as it's a great source of comprehensive input.

I'm only about 6 hours in, and it's really quite satisfying to be able to understand very (very) simple content in Spanish. Learning the English translation for some reggaeton tracks too for is quite a jarring experience too I must say.

I see there's a pretty big community on YouTube around language learning- although there's a fair number of fake polyglots out there too.

There have been studies proving language learning is associated with structural improvements in the brain- increases in white matter and executive function.

Anybody else learn languages for a hobby? Or are you learning for a particular purpose?