I read so many posts from beginners on different forums with various numbers of exclamation marks about their desire to learn Chinese or Japanese.

After a while those people disappear from forums - either they lose interest or they mastered the languaged and don't any help any more . You need a lot of stamina to learn a language like Chinese. At first, it seems very exotic to be able to read such a complex script. Then, when you find out that in order to achieve a minimum level of proficiency in Chinese, you really need to spend years, then you're not sure and not so keen any more.

http://chineselanguage.org/forums/