Why would people not stay? You should do exactly what you outlined, but don’t be so self defeating about it.
Do a full round of zeros to gear up. Talk to the people you do it with. Make some friends if possible.
Either way, then list your 2. A 2 is impossible to fail. You’ll +3 it then have a 5. At that point you’ll have more interested people. Continue on until it’s 10 and you have some people on your friends list.
If you run into no luck after trying this, I have developed a pretty active mythic plus community around my guild and YouTube live stream. If you feel you have no chance alone, then stop by stream this afternoon and I’ll advise you personally and if you wish I’d offer you an invite to our guild where you’ll have a much better chance at finding people who will help you.
However, whatever you do, if you don’t approach it with a positive mindset and convince yourself you lost before you started, then no one can help you.