I had no problem spending many hours learning to program the Apple II+ we had but I always felt forced to practice playing the piano. I think the difference for

I had no problem spending many hours learning to program the Apple II+ we had but I always felt forced to practice playing the piano. I think the difference for me was the computer was a puzzle to be figured out and I saw a lot of potential reward in it whereas the piano just seemed like something that had little use beyond the skill of coordinating the reading of notes to playing them. My parents did neither of these things so I had no models to base my interests in in these cases at least.