New player.. need help

I recently picked up the game, and im very new to these "colony sim" type games, but this one caught my interest. Im not the sharpest knife in the drawer so struggling to understand all the various systems.

Anyone have any tips to have an easier time getting into things? tried a few runs but just kind of run out of materials, fog comes too close so i cant gather anything, and dont have the materials to do fog repel. Or im struggling to get anything going in terms of food, keeping people happy etc.

Tried following some guides but it goes abit quick..