Welcome! You've come to a good place. Lots of really helpful people here. I'm still pretty new to the straights and have gotten a lot of good tips from this forum. The biggest improvements I had were after finding a good razor angle and being light on the pressure, let the razor do the work. There's still a couple of spots that are troublesome so I cheat with a DE touch up. Those areas are getting smaller and smaller as I improve my skill. As said, go slow and enjoy the time. I used to dread shaving, now I look forward to whipping up a good lather and knocking the whiskers off.