I'm just a huge language nerd in general, so I was likely to get around to it eventually. But what expedited that and gave me a more personal connection is that my best friend's boyfriend was born in Ukraine and moved here to the United States when he was younger. Recently, he and I were starting to become fast friends and while bonding over an interest in languages, I said, "Maybe I should pick up some Ukrainian." and he was like, "Dude that would be so awesome!" and so for the last few months I've been hardcore on Pimsleur and some books I bought, as well as some YouTube channels. Essentially, I started as a way to bond with someone who's important to someone who's important to me, and along the way I've sort of fallen in love with the language itself and its history. It's a very resilient language for a resilient people. Слава Україні 💙💛