Fantastic endeavour.
I'm someone who has needed to force myself in mathematics for my career. I needed extra help at school, but had no real trouble in any other class.
I thought I was just too dumb for maths. I came to realise that my problem was not in mathematical concepts which it turns out are fairly easy, but in the language of maths itself and how it is taught (some exceptions such as Strang who is just a wonderful educator). Programming in particular really helped me to learn. That's not to say that certain areas aren't still difficult but reformulating away from the traditional notation and teaching style has helped me.
I thought I was just too dumb for maths. I came to realise that my problem was not in mathematical concepts which it turns out are fairly easy, but in the language of maths itself and how it is taught (some exceptions such as Strang who is just a wonderful educator). Programming in particular really helped me to learn. That's not to say that certain areas aren't still difficult but reformulating away from the traditional notation and teaching style has helped me.