Ha! I'm in almost exactly the same place. I set a goal of asking a positively ranked question recently and finally made it happen. What I'm trying to get at is

Ha! I'm in almost exactly the same place. I set a goal of asking a positively ranked question recently and finally made it happen. What I'm trying to get at is not that low quality questions should be accepted, it's that when they are rejected a kind tone should be used so that new users are able to take the suggestion without being defensive and so that they feel encouraged to get better and try to keep participating.