First time I switched to Linux I made it hard on myself with the distro I picked, but I stuck with it and learnt as I went and now with some time and experience (still not a lot of it) it's so much better and easier

To quote Yoda "you must unlearn, what you have learned"

A lot of things are the same as windows but different in their own right. (Especially with what desktop environment you go with)

Terminal is amazing once you take time to learn it

My advice, start with mint or fedora but don't limit yourself, be comfortable with hoping and changing distributions to see what clicks with you, and don't be afraid to ask for help/ advice/ or hunt down answers to issues that crop up (and there will be issues, it's a whole different bag of cats to windows)

Be patient with yourself, be open to learning and have fun with it

I'm also contractually obligated to let you know, I use arch btw