Has this happened to any other Newbie?

I am brand new . . still have that 'new car smell' about me type of new . . so I have tried to do the right thing and started reading the NTP section.

Geez, there is so much terrific info here but I find I have become paralysed by it all.

But with Christmas fast approaching, I need to be able to shoot decent (by my Family's' standards at least) happy snaps of all the family gatherings that happen at this time of the year.

So for ther time being I need to stop the study and just use my early Christmas present (see Signature below) and start taking more pics.

Is my thinking flawed?