Just to keep the viral topic down, I'm just going to say that I only meant to practice them 100 times a day until you learned them and could recognize them quickly without having to think about them.
This is good practice, since once you start learning kanji, you're going to need to write them down at least 50 times before you will be able to recognize them without any thinking.
Also, writing down the kanji gets you in touch with the basic radicals of each kanji, furthering your comprehension.
My point? Put in a lot of work so you don't have to work hard later. That's all I'm getting at, and if it doesn't work for you, then you need to find something that does. I know this method is working for me, so I will continue studying my kanji by writing them down as many times as possible, writing them in sentences with other kanji I've 'mastered,' and will continue to read every day with more comprehension.
The more kanji you master, the easier it will be to read. You'll start seeing kanji you didn't use to know, and after writing them down 50 times, you'll start noticing that kanji used more than you thought.
Whenever I start studying a kanji, I can't recall ever seeing it used, but after studying it, I start to see it used everywhere! I'm nowhere near where a native speaker would be at, but I strive for progress, not perfection. (lol A.A.)
Just keep reading. I'm playing some RPGs with hiragana only just to get used to the grammar. Once you've got something drilled into your skull, you don't need to drill it anymore, it just sticks.
Just study every day, do sentences, read read read read read read... Reading is the most important thing to do, since that's why you originally started to learn it, at least in my case. Sometimes I find myself focusing too much on the drills and writing, and forget why I'm learning it in the first place: to read!
So just keep doing it, you'll get there, and you'll have a lot of "ah hah, I get it now!" moments, and everything you thought you new will have new meaning. I'm sure that once I get my 4 year degree and join the JETS program to teach English in Japan, and start living and breathing Japanese every waking and slumbering moment of my life, then I will have a completely new understanding of Japanese.
The only thing I can do in the meantime is study, so that is what I will do. Study, work on my degree, and make ends meet. I need to get everything ready for the rest of my life, and then it will be beautiful. I can finally start becoming more of who I am, living the life I wish to live.
This is my dream; no, this is my reality. This is my plan. I will achieve this, because I have the will and the drive to make it become a reality.
It all starts with the desire, and nothing can change that. The method you choose to study is designed to work with your needs, not what other people think is best, but what works for YOU.
It's all about YOU, remember that. You know what works for YOU. You know what YOU need to do.
And with that, I wish you the best of luck.