I find that outside of a handful of more difficult languages, it's rarely the language itself that makes becoming proficient in a new one difficult. More often,

I find that outside of a handful of more difficult languages, it's rarely the language itself that makes becoming proficient in a new one difficult. More often, it's simply not having any reason or enough motivation to continue using the new language consistently. If you're a language enthusiast and just like to pick up new languages, it can sometimes be difficult to keep up enough consistency to really gain proficiency. One way to deal with this is to set a goal to complete a project - can be something small like a little script or command line tool, but if learning the languages depends on you continuing to be maximally motivated without any concrete goals in mind, it's gonna be hard to get past the initial learning curve.