I am facing the exact same problem. I get it when people tell me to figure out a problem to solve and then learn to program but I have no idea about the kind of problems I like to solve. I work on Excel most of the time and am quite adept in it and I have also dabbled in Macros a bit. I am now learning C but I am not able to figure out how to use C to solve problems that I face in Excel. Maybe I have a long way to go before I start doing that but I am afraid I will give up much before that. It's already a week since I took a break :(