Thanks for the tips. I'll take any I can get.I like that you started your sketch on the origin. Too many beginners just start drawing out in the middle of nowhere. Ideally, you will get all your sketch geometry fully defined. I would also not include the 3/4" holes in your first sketch as a general practice, add those as features after the base geometry so they are easier to edit as individual features. It is less critical on these simple parts, but the more complex you get, the more of a pain it is to put everything in one sketch when you start making adjustments later.
afa starting on the origin goes, it's an ocd thing for me.
