I'm with Jung, You need to be really interested in the subject, or equivalently be interested in something where maths and physics can be applied, like engineering, robotics, computer games, flying rockets, model airplanes.
Take my son for example, at grade 8 he got into writing computer games, so you need really good trig to this as well as partial differentials so in primary school he ended up explaining coordinate rotation to the teachers. He also needed an understanding of physics to get his objects bouncing off things, and flying through the air. Needless to say he taught himself computer programming too.
If you don't know how to work a chisel and saw, and it's really difficult and demoralising for you , then take up carpentry or sculpture , once the subject becomes a "tool of trade" then it is intensely motivating, learning how to skilfully use your tools of trade is no longer a chore as it has a purpose.
So your suggestion of "solving a lot of problems" is half the answer, you really need to find an activity that requires you to solve problems, this generates the hunger for knowledge that you seem to be lacking.
Having a study group , or a common interest club helps, you can learn a lot about something by explaining it to your peers, and the competition instinct motivates you to do better than your peers.
When I started university 43yrs ago, there were two sorts of engineers
(a) guys like me who had been messing around with electronics as a kid, for us , all the subjects we learnt explained all the behaviour we had already seen, and we had experimented with, and we just sucked it up like sponges.
(b) guys with really good GPA's but no clue what they wanted, they had to study hard and it all seemed pointless, all the info kept falling out of their heads like a leaky sieve. They were also useless at all the prac work too.
Some of the (B) students might be 20IQ points smarter than us, but us (A) guys could help them understand because we understood the application of the subject.
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