Congratulations! And good solid advice there. This mirrors the lessons I learned in my first month also. I would add: dont spam requests of follow 4 follow or upvote 4 upvote (i thought it was obvious but apparently it isn't).

I would also suggest, don't 100% power up all the time. Alternate between 50/50 and 100% so you can earn some SBD that can go into paying for services like randowhale or the post promotion function.