If for awkward you mean "confused" or "worried" or "disppointed" well I am partially with you
I have alwayes been amazed to read that Unity is supposed to be a user friendly engine, for artists
WHATTTTTTTT.........?
First of all component based engines are, in general , less intuitive than traditional ones , moreover Unity,in the attempt to smooth the intricacies of components, made it even more confused
It seems a paradox, but the point is that it is hard to grasp exactly what happen...behind the curtain
Sometime you must simply follow the instruction
I have never been confortable with this , since the old school days