How I would learn Italian (if I could start over)

I learned Italian in 50 days to surprise my Italian girlfriend for her Birthday.
However, looking back there are plenty of things I would have done differently.

Resources I mentioned:
Language Transfer (free App)
Preply for Tutoring (This is an affiliate link that gives you a 50% discount on the first lesson): http://tracking.preply.com/SHd5
Anki (flashcard software) for studying vocabulary
The top 100 words (also known as the Tower Method) by State of Mind
Italy Made Easy (YouTube channel & Podcast) by Manu Venditti

Other resources that might be valuable:
Audiobooks by Paul Reiser (if you have more time and want to use the language for traveling. They are great for remembering, but a bit more touristic focused)
There also are some opportunities online to get free language lessons in form of a tandem. Meaning, you teach 1 hour of your native language, and the other person teaches one hour of their native language (say Italian). I prefered Preply, mainly as it's aster, more efficient, super fairly priced for a private lesson, and also as I was pretty exhausted after 1 hour of Italian lesson. But still, if budget if a problem, this is a nice way to bridge that and still get lots of practice early on. Maybe a combination of one tandem tutor and some online private lessons could also be a way to go.


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The thumbnail for this video was originally meant for the video where I learned Italian to surprise Mavi (my Italian girlfriend). All until ‪@reysu‬ mentioned that he would prefer a real reaction shot, and I had to agree.

00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Step 1
01:48 - Step 2
04:13 - Step 3
06:07 - Step 4
06:36 - Step 5