I think the most important thing I can say is to go out and take pictures.

Take the kind of pictures you want to take (not test, practice or drill pictures) and pay attention to what you are doing and what results you get from what you are doing (I could say "take notes" -- but that doesn't work for everyone). If you do that, you will be learning about Photography and doing Photography. Too often we get caught up in learning without doing.

Once you have taken enough pictures you will realize that you have been learning about photography and will eventually decide (well, perhaps) that you need a different camera to be able to more easily capture what you want to capture.

But -- fall in love what you do with you equipment, don't fall in love with your equipment (or worse, equipment you can't afford). I've shot with cameras typically considered "nice" or "high end" in the past and they haven't ever turned a junk shot into a fantastic one.

This might not be the best advice, but it is from the heart.