Stick with it sunbeam.
Getting a PPL nowadays is quite an achievement in itself,but does not really gear you up for 'going places'.
You may need to find a mentor (club or individual) that can make the x country thing enjoyable and then start building your confidence up.
Since 'clubs' started to become FTO's they started to loose that help others feature and in many cases nowadays there is little contact with other students/members.
You will only really start learning when you leave the initial student stage where you have to follow a set plan, and start to evolve a system that is in your comfort zone.
Either way it is a big step even to train to fly so give it some more time and try to enjoy it.