i’m not really fluent so i just lurk and translate anything i don’t know. most of the time i’ll just browse zhihu or baidu and find new terms. sometimes i’ll find stuff that i wouldn’t on english sites. it’s also become my go to “immersion” study method.
To each their own, but for me taking small daily steps works.
Small daily steps is a good idea but I don’t think learning character by character is a good way to go about it. If it’s fun for you then that’s fine but just know you won’t make much progress understanding the meaning.