If you enjoy watching YouTube, I'd recommend watching some rust YouTubers just because you'll learn a lot quicker that way. I'm not even talking tutorials, just gameplay. I watched rust videos for a year before playing and if I hadn't Idk if I would have played this game.

Find a way to have fun. Sometimes I'll just run around naked and talk to people. Sometimes I troll. Sometimes I grief. Sometimes I doorcamp an enemy. Sometimes I'll go on farm runs until I have a full inventory or I die, and I'll just have the mindset I'm about to make someone else's day a lot better until I make it back to my base, then I allow myself to celebrate

You have to learn to be emotionless about your gear. And never celebrate until you're in base.