Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I'm a chess coach based in California. I encourage you to join a chess.com online chess club.
If I was in your shoes, this is what my mindset would be:
1) Let's have fun
2) Don't worry about my rating
3) If I play people who are slightly better than me, that would be a great challenge! If I lose, then I'll learn from my mistakes.
As a sub 1000 relative newbie is it worthwhile joining one of the Chess.com online clubs, or do they only cater for decent players?
I know I'd probably be beaten more than not and my rating will drop as a result, but I figure that it would be better to focus on playing more games and let the rating take care of itself, hopefully going back up when (or if) I improve.
Appreciate any input.