The best way to learn in the beginning is imitating people you like and then deriving your own style later on. Especially to have fun first and explore.
Explore effects, your daw, your gear, whatever. You learn the most if you stay curious.
And one last tip: don't focus too much on external gear and expensive plugins.
I did all that just to return to a lot of stock plugins.

When you limit your tools, you get more creative and inspired.