Welcome Doc, it is nice to see you here...
Steemit might look like a whole new world initially with new things like payout, curation and all but it will be lot simpler with time. I would suggest you to have a quick look at short guides about various aspects of Steemit. I will suggest @steemitguide @inquiringtimes. They provide answers to various questions you might have in the mind about Steemit.

Learn The Steemit One Step, One Time.

Moreover Join Various Steemit Communities on Discord App to make friends who will support you here which is the one of the ways to survive here on Steemit. We Kashmiris too have a Community where you can interact with many Kashmiri people who are on Steemit. You can join the Community here...Koshir Steemit

Also the Consistency is the key to survive. Initial Weeks will be tough but strive through them and you would be rewards promptly for your efforts.

Remember the more efforts you put in, The more reward you will acquire.

Also Your Steemit will boom if the content here is original.