First Character: Orc warrior, using a big 2h sword purely. Logged over 30 hours of gametime (almost only sidequests and dungeon delving). Rerolled.
Second Character: Breton mage-thief. Conjuration + Archery + Sneak. Logged a good 15 hours on him. Rerolled.
Third Character: Argonian tank. Heavy armor + Sword'n'board + Restoration. Just started.

How did YOU set your mind? Im going crazy, too many options!!!!!!!!!!!

I decided to focus on one concept and force myself to stick with it. Made a Nord 2h Warrior and haven't looked back, though I am looking forward to replaying as an assassin.

I didn't.

I keep on making new Warrior characters, as soon as I spend 1 perk in the wrong place on a character I bail on him... And this has happened a lot at the start of Skyrim, when I played a bit of everything and quickly abandoned some skills.

Started with SnB warrior, overall it went pretty good, but i wanted to try magic

Made a mage, turns out you really have to use your brain alot to play, and use spells from all the different trees (i dont wanna spent ages changing spells in the favorite menu)

Made a thief, i did the mistake of leveling sneak and pickpocket to 100 and got lvl something in twenties and got my ass handed to me when i left town.

Then i went back to my SnB warrior and apreciated the easyness.

My first character for every TES game is a 2h Orc in heavy Orcish armor

I have four characters; I play them all.

My system is to check all my save files at the start of a session. Whichever character is lowest level, that's who I play. In case of a tie, I play whichever has been neglected the longest.

All four characters are now level 15-16 and going strong. No duplicate quests except MQ.

I try to create interesting characters in my head and play them out. I'm considering playing a character who does not communicate with mankind, but lives in the wild hunting and foraging.

If I want to improve my weapons I'll need to either find the tools left alone, or kill every living person near them. If I want to sleep I'll need to find a camp, or sneak into a village, kill someone in their sleep and take their bed.

This will mean no guilds, main quest, or selling of items. My character will become a master of stealth, archery, light armor, alchemy, and one handed skills. Eventually I'd like to have him strong enough to lay siege to a bigger town.

Currently: just the two handed, heavy armor, heroic Orc who helps the empire unite the people. Waiting for magic to be fixed before I return to my Breton.

When I saw the previews for Skyrim & the amazing trailer... I started trying to give myself an image. And this is all I could see in the snowy tundra... So http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/8/84876/2005528-boromir.jpg is who I based my character on.