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You need to make some money as quickly as possible. There are several ways to do this, I believe. However, I stick to crop growing which is probably the most common way.
Day one:
Clear a patch of ground close to your house
Prepare about 25 (5x5) patch of ground using your hoe.
Water it and plant your 15 parsnip seeds.
Go East into the village and buy potato seeds from the shop.
Return home and plant these.
Cut down some more trees. You need 50 wood.
Make a chest and store everything except your hoe.
You will have very little energy left, but, using hoe and walking do not take energy.
Head east again looking for forage items on ther ground (dandilion, daffodil, leek and horseradish) and for any dig spots ( wiggling twigs or worms on the ground). Hit the dig spots with your hoe.
Return home around midnight and put your forage into the consignment bin. Bed.
Day two:
Water your crops.
Head to the beach. A cut scene will give you a fishing rod.
Collect all the shells on the beach and sell to the fisherman.
Hit any digspots on the beach.
If you have any items from dig spots which say "Ask Gunther" head east to the museum to donate them. The first donation will net you 250 gold.
Go to the shop and buy as many potatoes as you can.
Return home and plant them.
Use the rest of your energy cutting trees. You need 300 wood asap to open the little bridge on the beach.
While cutting the trees, aim to open a route to your North and South exits to open more areas of the map. When tired, forage again. Or go to the pub to meet locals.
That should get you started. You are aiming to get as much money as you can befor 13 Spring. Stop planting more potatoes on the 6th. and save your cash. You will want to buy as many strawberry seeds as you can at the Egg festival on the 13th. The strawberries are big payers and will set you well for the next season.
There is a very simple guide here:
http://www.carlsguides.com/stardewvalley/
But be careful, he has not updated recently so, his crop values table may be a little outdated. I have not checked. Don't take his advice to store some strawberry seeds for next year - the money now is a better investment.
There's 4 trees at the bus stop. As soon as possible, put tappers on them. You'll start getting a steady supply of maple syrup for beehives and oak resin to make kegs. You don't unlock kegs until towards the end of summer usually, if not later, so it's nice to have a few keg ingredients ready to go by the time you unlock them. As time progresses, you can clear land on your farm to plant more trees to tap, but you can do it as you upgrade your tools rather than worry about it early in Spring.
Early on, don't plant more than you can water. For veteran players this is fine, but spending 5 minutes every day just hand-watering crops isn't fun. Have about 40 crops or less with the standard watering can, and 60-80 with copper. I personally wouldn't recommend the first tier of sprinklers, as quality ones are usually obtained by summer-ish.
If you run out of energy, either spend the rest of the day foraging or fishing. It's not always easy to gauge how much energy you'll use in a day. You shouldn't ever really be going to be before 10pm. There's always forage to find, people to talk to, fish to catch.
Check your TV every day. When it tells you salmonberry season arrives, or if you just notice berries on the bushes, I HIGHLY recommend spending a couple days on just foraging those berries. It will get you a Foraging level or two, and potentially give you enough food for the entire year. (I'm on Winter 14ish on my current file and still have around 100 salmonberries left.)
Don't try to go too far above your skill level. Don't try to catch the Legend with a bamboo rod. Don't try to water 800 crops with a copper watering can. Don't try to reach the bottom of the mines with a copper pickaxe. Progress. Focus on one goal at a time. Identify what your #1 biggest problem is at the moment, and focus on that.
For example, let's say you keep running out of energy. Why are you running out of energy? Do you have too many crops? Is your watering can not up to par? Not enough food?
- Too many crops: just grit your teeth and get through the current batch of crops. When the time comes to harvest, spend the money earned on upgrading your watering can. On rainy days, when you'll have more energy than normal, grind out the mines to get better sprinklers.
- Watering can: From here, figure out your next problem. Do you need money, or metal to get the next watering can upgrade? Spend the day fishing, or in the mines. Alternatively, try to get sprinklers.
- Not enough food: How can you fix this? Foraging? Fishing? Salmonberry season should be enough for your non-combat restoration, but in case it's not, I recommend planting hops. They take 2 weeks to grow, but give +45 energy minimum every day. If you have more money than time/energy, consider befriending Linus and building a kitchen. He'll give you a recipe that turns the crappiest of fish into +75 energy.
If you need more specific help, just ask. But the important thing early on is to get your essentials taken care of, and don't overwork yourself. If you don't have food, don't go to the mines. If you need money, spend the day fishing. If you have problems with energy, find a solution.
This is one of those games where you need to limit what you know before jumping into the game. The best way to play it is to discover what the game has yourself. Watching some reviews is fine, but watching full on let's plays really destroys one of the things that SV has to offer.
The reason that I say this is because you can't do everything a different way. No matter what, you will see everything done the same. For example, if you watch a let's play where a guy builds the barn and upgrades it all the way and gets 2 of each type of animal and gets them to a point where they produce a lot of resources every day then that is it. You have seen that part of the game. There is no going back. This is one of the problems that this game has - everything is linear.