[eccp]

Coming from a Java and Groovy background it took me a while to "unlearn" and I think this is what happens to you.

If you spend more than a few hours on Clojure (maybe you can create a small toy project) it make much more sense.

I'm experiencing quite the opposite, I'm learning Scala now and it all feels too cumbersome, and even the syntax of Scala bothers me now.