I'd say the place to start is to examine your own BB ranges. What are they and why?
Yes, plural.
What's your range to continue in BB when BTN opens to 3x, and SB folds?
What's your range to continue in BB when BTN opens to 2x, and SB folds?
What's your range to continue in BB when BTN opens to 3x, and SB calls?
What's your range to continue in BB when BTN opens to 2x, and SB calls?
Obv. this is going to change if the open is from CO, then BTN folds. CO has a tighter range to steal than BTN, so your response is different.
EDIT: This is rather advanced concept for beginners. It's the most complicated PRE ranges to assemble, because you're last to act, so all kinds of things can have happened by the time it's your action, but you'll almost always be OOP in the rest of the hand. It complicates things that you get a 1BB discount on the bet and a 1BB increase in the pot when you're in the BB. That makes it correct to play a wider range with more speculative hands than otherwise.
In short, it's good to be always kinda paying attention to your thoughts on how to play BB, but it's probably not the most important part of your game to focus your study on. You win monies where you're making better decisions than your opponents. They're probably really bad at BB ranges, too, so you're probably not losing money there. There will be plenty to win from there eventually, but probably bigger leaks to plug for a beginner.
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