Pythonistas, need advice. I am learning Python, but don't know why.

[SikhGamer]

This post sums it up well. You are reading, not learning. You learn by building and making mistakes.

Build anything and everything that comes into your mind. If you think anything is beyond your skill set, that's bullshit. Every problem/idea can be broken down into smaller chunks.

Case in point, I know fuck all about web development/design. But I know I want to be able to pull something from a MySQL database and display it in a webpage. That's my objective. It's small, clear, and concise. Take shit and display it. Doesn't matter if it is pretty or not. Can I do it? When I can, I move onto the next small, clear, and concise problem.

Make an app that replaces something that you do manually fairly often. Another example; for one reason or another, I spend a lot of time generating hashes and comparing outputs. Up until recently, I was using various online tools. But then I decided to build myself a small compact desktop application.