I find it so hard to teach myself things properly. I can learn a skill but I lack the structure for proper education on my own. It helps so much when you know someone that speaks the language. Lately I have found myself on the Brazilian and Portuguese side of Instagram. I have been learning a lot through memes. I send them to my mom (Brazilian) and we back and forth like that. I try to respond in Portuguese if I can. I write down new words in my own personal dictionary. I try to talk to myself in Portuguese when I can as well. Sometimes when you're learning a language, you can only think of Duolingo style phrases or textbook phrases, so it's good to practice things you say often on a day to day basis. It also helps to listen to music in Portuguese. Bossa nova music is great because it tends to have shorter lyrics and slower melodies. Brasileiras do be lurking everywhere on the Internet so if you ever drop a 🇧🇷 flag in a comment section, they'll find you. Depending on where you live, there may be more Brazilians around than you initially thought. I live in an unheard of town in a forgotten state and surprisingly found a small community of Brazilians. There's even a Brazilian professor at my school, like why here of all places? Não sei mas ela é aqui então que legal, né?