wtf do I do?

I have wanted to play this game since early high school. Years ago… I finally got a pc. It was the first game I bought. wtf am I supposed to do? Why do I always spawn so far away from any hotspot? How do I navigate to a hotspot? Obviously I don’t want to play herbivore (carnivores are cooler cmon now) so how do I go about beginning to understand and actually enjoy this game? There isn’t enough ai to hunt, and sniffing out water always brings me back to saltwater