P.s.: the #newbieresteemday members’ first priority is to help newcomers to get a little attention. Most of us are only small users ourselves, but by supporting eachother and others all the way through, we can make it work. For example, some of our members organize a special newbieresteemday, during which posts by newcomers are being resteemed to get more exposure.
Actually, my fellow member @bashadow is running one today: https://steemit.com/justbecause/@bashadow/my-steemit-newbie-resteem-post-week-10

Commenting on posts that interest you is the first step towards building relationships. And in my experience, most people are very welcoming towards new members.

IMHO, it’s more than worth it to give it a shot. The first couple of weeks can be pretty confusing, because there are a lot of different aspects to SteemIt, but once you get the hang of it, and get to bump into the same people a couple of times, connections can be made, even friendships can be build - although this may sound strange from where you’re standing. In that way Steemit differs from any other social media/blogging platform.

Let’s make a deal: struggle your way through that first month (I think that’s what we all did) and let us meet up for an evaluation afterwards. I’m sure you’ll feel completely different then than you are now
Remember to join us on Discord - we’re there to answer every question you might have, and to support you to get through the hardest part, which is the beginning. You won’t regret it, I am 100% sure of that :0)