If you were starting fresh today, how would you enter the crypto-sphere?

I just picked up "Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order." Figured reading a lot about it would be a good start.

I'm 22, still live at home, and I work with my mom in the billing department at an Allergy Clinic. It's a really cushy job, one I wouldn't have gotten if it weren't for blatant nepotism, but I'm not happy. I feel stuck.

I want the freedom to do what I want to do. At 18, I left home and married my high school sweetheart, and when that failed, it felt like I was starting over completely. No job, no car, no income. I'm finally starting to get back on my feet, but this billing job isn't cutting it.

I'm not even sure if this is the place to be posting this - I just wanted some sort of 'in' to the investing world in general. I know nothing about it, but I am young, live at home, have a steady income, and pay damn near nothing in bills right now. Feel like this is a good time to get started, no?

Edit: To be honest I was a little nervous posting this. I’ve made “I’m a noob, help me” posts before and it’s usually met with being told to fuck off. You guys have been extremely helpful, thank you!