I am so glad to see that we could brighten your day! There are a lot of people that spend majority of their time helping other users. This place has a wonderful community. I thought the same thing when I came to Steemit. It was different to see the same topics discussed here and the conversations on here were for the most intelligent with no fighting.
You already have the perfect mindset. Stick to that and you will do great. Some people benefit from posting once a day and some only do a few days a week. It is entirely up to what works for you. Producing quality and meaningful content will take you very far. Eventually, everything will make sense around here and it will get much easier.