Welcome! What an awesome "introduce yourself" post! Life really is only worth living if you're doing what you love; otherwise, I guess you're really not living at all ;) Good for you to take the plunge and do what you love!
I joined steemit in mid-December and am enjoying it, although there has been a steep learning curve for sure! I belong to several groups here who welcome, support, and mentor new people like yourself. They each have a Discord channel as well, which if you don't know, is another place that we connect, chat, share ideas, contest, problems, share your posts ...whatever you need actually. The groups are @newbieresteemday, @asapers and @greetersguild. We overalap a bit, but that's a good thing because you can get to know so many like-minded people who are really interested in selfless, community spirit. We purposefully go looking for new people to connect with, because truthfully, it can all get a little overwhelming in the beginning, and I've found it's best to really try and make some good connections and develop a genuine community here.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'm also going to come back here as @newbieresteemday and resteem your post to give it more exposure :)
Here are the Discord links for each group too! I hope you come and join us there ;)
Discord channel invite
Discord channel invite
Discord channel invite for @newbieresteemday for @asapers for @greetersguild
You will find them all to be very welcoming! They each have a "start here" channel that will get you going. Please let me know if you get stuck!
Again, welcome to steemit ;)
Thanks a lot for the tip - yeah, it is a bit much now in the beginning for sure!
You're most welcome! Hopefully you take me up on joining these; I know that's it's helpful for sure ;)