Try to keep it practical (like something that would be fairly doable, you just havent gotten around to it…yet)
There are apps that you can input text into and they can replace the characters in each word incrementally to help learn them. Wanna get into that


Also no German really gets upset by it if you get it wrong. They know that German is complicated in that regard. They are usually just happy that you are trying.
The only person that has ever said anything at all about it, is a colleague that I asked to correct me. It helps with the learning process.
This was my sentiment. My German grandma LOVES that I even try