Running a node isn’t too bad, and I started out with no technical experience

1. Figure out your hardware (raspberry pi, start9, etc)

2. Find your OS that you want to run (do research on umbrel, start9, raspblitz and a few others)

3. Download Lightning app and sync blockchain on core

4. Once blockchain is downloaded, you can then start opening Lightning channels to peers and self hosting your own Lightning/ verifying block chain on core