I started my chess journey when I was only about 9, I used to like big pawn chains that were easily broken through, in the following months, I studed chess WITHOUT PAYING A PENNY! YES! You do not have to pay anything to be good at chess, you only need to learn from your mistakes and correct them. This brought me to my elo today.
*Note: My elo is supposedly ≤1200, I did not know what the "select your skill" at the beginning meant. Being the fool I was, I chose "Beginner", which landed me on 600 elo. Also, 600s are actually playing way over their rating, some preforming like ≤1300s, so my rating has not changed much since.
*Update: Yay! I reached 900 Elo!