Making things overly complex for no real reason is a disease of many PPL's and inexperienced pilots. Don't make life difficult for yourself. Get up there and have fun, you'll soon find that discussions like this seem trivial
Sounds like good advice to me.
I've never been a natural pilot, but with an application of good training and plenty of practice, find that one can fly neatly by visual clues and seat of the pants.
Also, Like to look out when doing any turn, as you never know when a glider is coming the other way
