Usually I go talk to Alvor, then sell my stuff (minus the enchanted stuff)and head to that Talos Shrine, grab the robes and random stuff and then when I get to Dragonsreach Disenchant all the stuff and sell off any extra stuff I may have. left over. Usually get a good 1,000 out of it. Sometimes I do the Dawnstar Glitch if i'm feeling exceptionally lazy, but i don't more times than I do.
I have a small tradition trip. I go to the right, to a small cove, and kill three bandits there. Then, I go to a small house, and on the way I fight some weird fellow, usually an Orc or a Nord in iron armor. Then I go to a small bandit camp with a treasure map, grab a stone, and head for Riverwood. I pick up the Golden Claw quest, go to Bleak Falls Barrow, go back to RW, sleep til morning, go to Whiterun, beat up the dragon, go east and fight some guy called Hajvarr, kill the necromancer at the ritual stone, sweep through Fellglow Keep, and head towards for Windhelm. Every single time.
I usually end up making a beautiful vanilla slider character with all the sliders perfectly customized, then about 5 seconds into the excuse from Helgen quest I restart as a different race. I really play ad u sirens must of my time creating characters, but my are they gorgeous.
I don't know. I usually get the Guardian stones and head to Whiterun,but on the new playthrough I stayed in Riverwood chopping wood for money,and then I moved to Alchemist's shack. I ocassionally travel to Solitude to get free arrows from the guards and shoot some hawks flying around.