Originally Posted by
edot8
...Or is there somewhere I can go to and find a mentor of some form?
Other than reading sticky threads in fora of your interest, quite a few newbies visit our
Information Desk Forum and get good pointers from savvy FTers.
As for seeking mentors, you may find some useful info from this old thread since great suggestions are universally applicable:
looking for a mentor
Not sure if it's a good idea to revive this thread since FT generally doesn't encourage bumping old and/or idle ones, there is also an idle newbie adoption thread when ID Forum first created in 2014:
Old Timers: "Adopt a Newbie"
Welcome to FT!