I'm trying to decide what language I want to start learning. I want to eventually learn several languages, but I'm having a hard time deciding where to start. I've learned bits and pieces of Swedish, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Japanese, but nothing even close to conversational. I'd like to eventually learn all the languages I listed and a few others, but I'm having a hard time deciding where to start. Right now I'm thinking either Esperanto, Spanish, or Japanese. They all have their advantages which I will enumerate below. Maybe someone can help me make my mind up
Esperanto
It's an easy language that was designed to be learned by people like me.
Spanish
Growing up in the midwestern United States you pick up a lot of Spanish just from around. I'm from a rural area that doesn't have many native Spanish speakers, but we still hear a lot of it in media or from friends who took Spanish class in high school(I didn't take a foreign language class in high school). Also there's this girl I like who is learning Spanish as a second language and is already semi-fluent, so it'd be nice to have that as common ground.
Japanese
Japanese is the language I think I could be the most passionate about learning, given that I like Japanese culture(and not just for the anime), but it would also be the most difficult of all the languages I'm considering given its vast differences from my own native language.
Those are the languages I'm considering starting soon. I would greatly appreciate any opinions or thoughts on what direction I should go in.