Thread: I'm doing EVERYTHING wrong. Please help.

In the words of the great Joe Dirt, Keep on keepin on. I am new to this as well and best advice I can pass on is keep it simple. keep it consistent as possible too. I just found out that not doing the same pre shave ritual came back to bite me, my face was just on fire and tender all because I skipped one little thing. So send your razor out get it back look yourself in the mirror say, Im good enough, Im smart enough, and dog gonnit, people like me and shave on. I sharpen all my own knives but the SR I am staying away from for now just because I do not trust myself with this task as of yet. I can get a hell of an edge on a pocket knife but I don't trust myself getting a shave ready edge on a razor then putting it to my face. Just stay positive and good things will happen.

Like you I am new to straight shaving, and shave everyday, I can understand the eagerness to embrace this new hobby. The thing is, I accept the fact that I am going to nick myself fairly regularly, because the more you do something the more you expose yourself to mistakes. But learning from those mistakes makes a huge difference to the learning curve.
The most important thing from my point of view is, to go slow, very slow and take it even slower around those tricky areas, and I'm sure that in time you will gradually speed up unconsciously as you become more confident.
Nothing that was ever really worth having comes easy!
Good luck and keep on keeping on

As others have stated, slow it down, one step at a time. The best advice here that I could give, is to agree with Carl at post #7, point 5: Ditch the electric razor for a DE.

I'm lucky that I don't need to shave every day. If I try to, I get irritation, no matter how good my shaves are and how careful I am. You may need to shave everyday. Up to you. I used to work with a bloke who could have shaved twice a day. He shaved in a morning, and by mid afternoon, he had more stubble that I have in 2 days. Incredible. He was dark haired too which made it more noticeable.