I as a fairly technical person fine GPG confusing, despite being shown how to use it several times, and still have no idea whether it's working properly or if a

I as a fairly technical person fine GPG confusing, despite being shown how to use it several times, and still have no idea whether it's working properly or if anything is actually being secured with how I've got it set up. Also, seems centric on the dwindling population of people who actually use email clients.