@legacyofwax Frustrations lead to breakthroughs eventually. Mistakes are bound to happen. The fact that you have spent a decent amount of time shows your dedication. Keep at it. I remember being a complete noob, and have only recently graduated to still kind-of-a-noob.
This community is great though. If you want to contact someone specifically for a question like Kent you can use the @ mention and their name (the blue highlighted name next to the user name if there are two names). So Kent’s would be: the @ symbol and then type: theluthier
for example mine is @blanchsb
This will send a notification to that user next time they log in. Hope that helps for future help requests.