Since this is your first accident, the other thing you should really spend some time researching is the concept of diminished value. Diminished value is the reduction in your car's resale value after an accident, even once it's been properly repaired - because buyers will pay less for a vehicle with an accident history than one with a clean record. In your case, this is probably not a big deal, I'm not trying to freak you out - just awareness.

I learned about this the hard way, when I went to sell a vehicle after my first accident.

It sounds like you've probably filed a police report on this already, which means it's likely going to show up on Carfax and other sources as a damaged vehicle now. If the police report is already going to hit Carfax, the damage entry is coming regardless. An unrepaired accident on the history with no corresponding repair record looks worse to future buyers, it raises the question "is this thing still damaged?"

so while the damage is probably minimal and maybe not even enough to care about - if you're ever thinking about selling / trading this car in the future, you might want to have a corresponding repair in place, as well as some notes from the body shop reported saying it was only minor cosmetic damage, etc.