complete newbie but excited to learn

hi , i have just recently discovered the world of circuits and cant believe i missed out for this long. i am excited to jump in but i was wondering if someone can point me out in the right direction to where i should start , articles i should read , connections adapters and things i should have. everything to help me get started. sorry for such a newbie question... thanks in advance

Enjoy

Watch these:

Some things to read:

https://learn.adafruit.com/category/learn-arduino

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/tags/arduino?page=all

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/what-is-an-arduino

http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/AvoidDelay

https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=384198.0

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/using-the-logic-level-converter

http://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-to-read-a-schematic

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