I tried a couple of tutors early on but I found it too nerve-wracking. All I could remember was my high school Spanish!
I do ask ChatGPT a lot of questions – really handy for French expressions, idioms and tricky grammar – if that counts.
I’ve been able to read wiki articles for at least six months. In the past couple months my reading speed on novels suddenly doubled. Otherwise it’s been slow but steady progress.
Novels are one of the best challenges for language learning.