Hi! I'm new to the forum and just wanted to start with saying how helpful this place has been in getting me started in cryptocurrency.
Welcome to the forum, you are in the right place of telling this and everyone has gained a lot of knowledge about crypto's here just like me. 
I've only just started to scratch the surface of the crypto world and already I feel miles ahead of where i was only a week back.
Keep on learning, this is a continuous learning process. Once you are familiarized with what you are focusing, it's easy for you to apply what you learned.I very recently just put my first few extra bucks into Bitcoin as a means of kicking things off and I was wondering if anyone who has been around for awhile had any wisdom they could share about perhaps something they wish they knew starting off or where they should have been focusing their efforts most.
Watch the market and see on how the price are moving, learn the basics of reading charts and you'll go deeper with it if you are done familiarizing it.