I agree with this. For me, math started to make sense when I saw it applied to problems, especially simple physics problems that explain things you can directl

I agree with this. For me, math started to make sense when I saw it applied to problems, especially simple physics problems that explain things you can directly observe. The Feynman lectures were an especially rich source of these types of problems. My favorites: at what angle will a marble rolling down the side of a bowling ball leave the surface? when you observe water flowing out of your tap, the stream tappers and becomes more thin as it falls, can you derive the formula for that?