[ubuntu] How to run the btsync service as the local user?

I just installed the new btsync package, per this blog post. All seems well, except I can't add any folders—the service is ruing under the newly-created btsync account. I need to find out how to run it under my local user account.

I found this answer, but the context there is Ubuntu 15. I'm ruing 14.04. Then there's this answer, but it's frighteningly sparse on details.

I tried to make sense of the Upstart documentation here, but it's absolutely huge and I'm getting lost at about the second paragraph.

Could someone provide a simple step-by-step instruction of what exactly I must do to configure this? Do I need to edit a file somewhere? How would I go about editing that file?

As you can see, I'm not very handy yet with all of this. Some kind assistance will be appreciated

Thanks,
Jeff Bowman
Fairbanks, Alaska