Originally posted by N.W.O.:

I realized. After I found out about the console in skyrim it completely killed the game for me so I try to stay as vanilla as possible but sometimes I'll be running around here thinking if I am just wasting my time by being a noob instead of knowing exactly where to look.

The map is randomly generated, unless you are using a custom seed. So everyone is lost when they start a new game.

Also, being a noob is the fun part. Exploring and finding stuff is what gives this game life.