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