I’m struggling with learning vocab, any help would be appreciated!!

I might be overthinking this so my worries might sound silly, sorry in advance..

I'm starting the preliminary lesson in the first Minna No Nihongo book and I set my goal to learn ten words a day, but I realized that just wasn't going to happen. It feels like I'm trying to recognize symbols squished together and it jumbles my brain, I don't know if merely recognizing multiple symbols as whole words will be good in the long term.

I also tried making a Kanji set for the individual Kanji in the vocabulary list, but some words use the Onyomi version, or I simply can't find the version thats used in the Jisho website. On top of multiple meanings and pronounciations it all feels very overwhelming, but I'm scared I might miss out on things I'll need in the future if I simply brush it off. Does anyone have any tips?