How does the material in discrete math relate to other math courses? Or, more generally, how can you use the tools in discrete math in other areas of tech?

Do you enjoy learning to write proofs? Why or why not? Or, more generally, are there any particular topics in discrete math that you enjoyed learning? What did you enjoy about them?

Or any topics that you struggled to understand? What was difficult about them, and what did you do to overcome that struggle? What do you think mathematics is? How would you define mathematics to someone who doesn't know anything about it?