If you’re brand new, take it easy. You can take as many in-game or RL years to complete it as you want.

That said, I typically use the first day to meet the villagers and buy 25 parsnips (to plant alongside the 15 gifted by Lewis), like in this video. I only clean the necessary to plant the 'nips, plus some pathways between the three farm exits. Plenty people go fishing because it’s a good source of early game income, but since I hate it I tend to delay fishing.

Just pause every 3 steps like I do while you make decisions.

There’s so many different play styles so there’s no one right way of playing. I’m a very “throw caution to the wind” player.

Some tips I’ve seen for Spring Year 1 is to buy a bunch of Strawberry seeds so you can get one harvest before the season end. Save the lower quality strawberries so you can put them into a seed maker later.

If you want to have animals, get a silo built so you can begin to store hay for the winter.

Is there anything in particular that feels the most overwhelming to you?

Edit: If you come across a Dino egg, do not donate the first one to the museum. Save it to incubate and hatch a Dino which then will make more Dino eggs.

I save a bit of everything so that I can use them to complete help wanted quests on the board near the general store.

Do quest in games. No need to stress. There’s no time Limit. Ever get confused about something in SDV? Check Wiki. It’s well created and understandable to new player(You just need to open 20 tabs xD)