Serious question, what should my first steps be to get started in IM

I've been lurking around on this forum for a while and I can't seem to find a way to educate myself on the topic, it's sort of like all these things are thrown at me and I don't know what to do with them. I got a bit of money to invest but I don't know what to invest them into. Does anyone have any suggestions, link to any guides or just some tips that might explain how to dive into IM. Thanks for taking your time out to read this.

IM is consists of many topic.

You can invest in
Creating tools, design, affiliate, drop ship, cryptocurrency
It depends on your budget as well.

You should find your interests
Writer, designer, marketers, social media business,affiliate business, etc..

Read the sticky threads all sub forum (especially in making money sections) except marketplace section. You will get sufficient knowledge to make a move on.
You can also use YouTube if you are little bit lazy like me in studying.

It will take some time to understand the whole concept of IM. You just need passion and Patience for making $$$$$.

I am thinking invest in a course. I was trying to learn a software and was bumbling around the web looking for freebies on youtube and the like. While these resources did help, when I finally bought a paid course, it accelerated the learning curve to higher level. But having said that, I did buy a monthly subscription Internet Marketing course/website, and it was a waste of time TBH.

First thing u need to is READ READ READ READ READ for like 2 months and choose 1 or 5 methods then test them ( don't use any paid stuff , try the free stuff first ) i'm talking about if u wanna get a domain use a freenom , landing page use blogger and since u have BHW and google u won't be lost. Most important thing in IM and when u find something that make u some money stick to it and don't do a lot of methods at the same time ( let's say saw some money that u got doing cpa .. don't go to dropshipping just because someone else posted a screenshot showing a million dollars that he made from dropshipping). Stick to 1 thing until u milk it and if that thing stopped working for u move to next thing. Also don't be shy to ask anything in BHW since members here can support u with ideas just don't ask "how to complete cpa offers using proxies"

For me it was:

1. Learning how to buy a domain and hosting.
2. Learning how to setup domain and hosting.
3. Learning Wordpress