Hello and welcome @preWarp
No you’re not an unusual case 
Read and digest these FAQs to help you with the library learning curve (especially the part towards the end of “Beginners Guide” which explains library manipulation):
https://forum.kicad.info/t/kicad-7-beginners-guide-to-personal-symbol-and-footprint-libraries/38738
https://forum.kicad.info/t/kicad-7-tips-n-tricks-when-making-personal-symbol-libraries/39215
One thing not mentioned in the FAQs is Library “Pinning”… another method of moving libraries to the top of the library list.
When you are in the Symbol Editor, if you select (left mouse click) a library, then right mouse click, you will have the option to “pin” a library to the top of the list.
You will also find symbols for most of the “bread and butter” components in the library named “Device”.
Many users will create Personal libraries and copy Symbols (and Footprints) to Personal libraries for a number of reasons, one of which is convenience, to save wading through hundreds of never used items.
Another reason for Personal libraries is because Kicad symbols are “Read Only” and cannot be modified. Copying a Kicad Symbol or Footprint to a Personal library then allows that Symbol or Footprint to be modified.
If you have any other questions, please ask. 