Need guidance

I'm falling in love with this sport! However I'm not satisfied with my skill and I have many questions. I'm not sure how I should be training my mind to get better, whatever I do I seem to fall back to square one eventually. I'm looking for guidance, an online chess friend, to just talk to about chess and training. Someone to connect with on a slightly more personal level then simple questions and answers on forums. Even if you can't answer my doubts, idc, I'm mainly trying to have people in my life that have the same interest as me. (I have plenty of friends in life but almost all give me a disgusted look when I propose a game of chess. So sad, no?)