Sketching Functions 
Sketch the region enclosed by $x+y^2=30$ and $x+y=0$. Decide whether to integrate with respect to $x$ or $y$. Then find the area of the region. 

How do I start off sketching? Very first step?
I'm in Calc 2 and it's sad that I don't know what to do but I am trying to learn.

You have some good online sketchers to help you to visualize the functions and compare it with your results when you are a little bit lost. For instance in the case of writing the functions in terms of $y=f(x)$ (e.g in this page) this is how it looks like:
In blue: $y=\sqrt{30-x}$
In red:  $y=-x$
And from that point you can continue to develop your solution to the problem.

And in terms of $x=f(y)$ (link here) it looks like this:
In blue: $x=30-y^2$
In red:  $x=-y$

