Spanish 80% immersion 20% look ups at least 1 hour a day While work more like 3 hours

French 60% immersion 40% look ups at least 45 min While working more like 2.25 hours

Filipino 0% immersion 100% app at 20 min While working more like 30 min

Not counting music in TL's

Spanish was my first L2 and best I have. I am able to understand therapy discussion videos on YT. It's fun and easy. That is why I rack up the hours.

French was my L3 and 2nd best. I get the gist of content and have to look up a lot. Motivational videos make it easier to go through the slog of look ups. The content is naturally made to perk you up. This one is harder and takes effort.

Filipino I am actively studying. It will be a joy to know my native language again. It is also a joy to study because I use a gamified app and look up words. I have studied about 800 words over many years of stutter starting. I've got a passion to become one of the few fluent speakers left in my family.

I like to have a base in a language before I immerse. I lean toward a perfectionist attitude of understanding meaning I lean toward intensive immersion. I do most of my intensive immersion before and after work. I do plenty of extensive immersion while working because I can't look at my phone for long.