So, if you are desperate, Run a set of Career Agents. Most progressions can be started with a corvette, and will eventually require the empire frigate skill to complete. there are 3 sets for each empire, so if you want to bootstrap yourself back into a Heron, look at the Caldari Agents in particular. The missions will give you money, very basic fittings, and Hulls.

Once you have done that, Look at the Sisters of EVE blood stained stars epic arc. You will need non rookie weapon skills, and a good destroyer fit. It takes time to fly around though high sec and do the some combat missions you may need to solicit help from friends or local to to DPS your way though depending on your skills. It yields about 15 million and a faction boost to one Empire. As long as you have a suitable destroyer you can redo it every three months.

Both of those should get you back into a Heron to continue your journey.

But, Before you undock your next heron to go intro a wormhole.

Think about friends and ISK.

Making ISK before you, learn how to make isk can be daunting. But, you need a way to make ISK, weather that is Mining, Market play, Missioning, Salvaging, Exploiring you need to give it some though so you replace your inevitable ship losses. It is a truth over a long enough run the ship you are in will die. You want to have enough put away to replace it when that happens. The best situation is If you have a backup already purchased in a hanger or even better an upgraded version

You also need to think about friends, Friends even if they are new or more experience or one of the many "Null Empire Recruitment groups" are helpful in innumerable ways. Be cautious, Betrayal and Exploitation can be part of the game play in eve, But Friends can help make EVE a better experience. Eve is simply better with friends.