Welcome to the chain gang inmate. Welcome to a little bit more freedom within the crapitalist society we are forced to live in. One day we won't need to have the use for any monetary system but until the world catches up, this is what we get.
As for your resources I have one more website you can visit.
Just type in your username and solve the captcha to prove your not so much of a robot like the robot trying to claim your not human, and hit submit. You should receive some free Delegation to get you through this dilemma. Also there is a HP faucet within the website.
As for curating I would suggest manual curation is the best way but time is money right? so there is another website where you can follow a curation trail. I suggest you do a little bit more research on it to better understand the tools available.
Also if you haven't yet, Get on discord. @antisocialist has many discord invites waiting for you join in his posts.
Cheers
Thanks for the great info. Manual curation is my go to and I like it best like that. I am manually curating a large delegation on another site and hope to reach that sort of potential here also.