Welcome to Steemit @einestages!
I always tell new people to practice the 3 C's: Content creation, COMMENTS, Curation. That is the life blood of this place because people connect with PEOPLE and it's a wonderful thing when you find "your people." :D
I also highly recommend visiting THE WELCOME PAGE where there are best practices and a ton of tips and links to help you navigate over the learning curve here.
I wish you all the best :)
Good of you to comment. The learning curve is indeed steep and I can use all the help I can get. :-)