u/Kitchen-Newspaper-50

Hello, I'm a new player and am really struggling with the flow of the game. Early game I'm taking a few ticks and raiding unprotected mexs and energy buildings. I'm scaling and producing units, but no matter how well I think I am playing the enemy always get t2 faster and have more army presence than me. It's so frustrating because I'm trying so hard to be optimal. I have watched so many guides and YouTube videos. I play in a 3v3 squad and I feel like I am definitely the better player out of the three of us so maybe that is part of it. We lays seem to get overrun by enemy numbers even when constantly producing units. Any tips or videos?

Thank you