>>5826
>For me english is my 3rd and while learning english I realized the "trick" is not to learn it but try to "speak it" so once you think this is your own language you can intuitively learn 3-5 times as fast. Ofc you will need to either talk with others in this language or consume media with this language to work and because of this i made a rule
This was the reason my attempts at learning French and German never took off. There is no naturally occurring input aside from tourists, and while I can by now understand Germans enough to know what they are asking about (which to be fair is rather stereotypical so it's easy to guess - where can I get a fishing permit; where is the lake; general stuff about hardware for houses, etc).
I already watch seasonal anime since years so it would be a waste to not study Japanese. It's made me fix up my handwriting again also, which had turned really bad from years of only writing notes for myself. I feel like I am past that point now, even if I don't have much experience speaking and I forget how to write kanji even if I can read them (but with English I had no problem watching movies without subs and I could write perfectly before I even knew how to say a few sentences properly; living in a dorm with an American and a Brit for 3 years solved that) so it's just a matter of practice in live situations.