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I don't get the downvotes here. Learning a language is not easy without immersion. Yes you can bang through literature and even multiple courses... but without frequent use our brains simply lose the connection. Neurons that fire together wire together. This goes doubly for speech.
Many Americans (most?) are taught a second language in school but the lack of places to use it sees this education go to waste. The US is a large country with pockets of ethnic groups throughout - but as far as immersion with another language goes... it is sorely lacking.
It's unfortunate but a reality.
I just want to say that I've been learning an Asian language for over a decade and have retained almost all of it from infrequent immersion. I don't know how or why, but it sticks!
What I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't feel discouraged because you think it's meaningless if you're not jumping in with both feet every day. Rather, you're still making some progress even when dipping your toes in occasionally. Trust the process!