I have been actively interested in and being reading rulebooks / splat books / lore / forums / etc. since 2010ish (I was fairly young at that time) for various Tabletop RPGs, especially Pathfinder. I've been following Pathfinder in more depth since about 2013/2014, and also Starfinder since it was intially announced.
I have actually played a tabletop RPG once, for 2 hours, at a demo game at a convention, in early 2011, which means that, given the booth was run by WotC (they also had MtG at the same spot), means it was most likely DnD 4e (memory's hazy, it was quite a while ago).
Mostly due to a lack of time (Soon I will be free of the horror of studying full-time, soon, please dear god let it be soon), not having friends all that intrested in the idea and living in a medium sized city without a huge gaming prescence (and in a weird timezone to boot) i have yet to sucessfully find a RPG group (or start one as a GM)
I really want to finally play a tabletop RPG; paticularly Pathfinder 2E which I've been following on and off since the announcement of the playtest (and very much on since about a month before release through to now). Obsessively creating characters is fun and all, but I feel like there is supposed to be more to it than that.
So, internet community of fellow PF fans, how would you recommend someone final play the game instead of just reading the game.
Go to your local gaming store and see if PFS games are available. If you don't have such a store nearby, I've had some success searching for RPG-Community boards online which more often than not include a looking for group section.
Or try to get into one of the various virtual table top platforms. I didn't have too much trouble finding a game on roll20.
Yeah, I can sympathize - I started reading rulebooks since about 2002 and only played my first game around 2012... My country had close to zero gaming presence until very recently.
Look here: Online Campaigns - Recruitment
Start with the sticky threads and go from there. It's mostly play-by-post but VTT games are also being recruited sometimes.
The sticky threads here: PFS Online Play contain links to Discord servers for VTT or play-by-chat games.
Good luck!