Bates106,
I remember that the most stand-out Nav issue that I had during my PPL was that I wanted to account for every road, building and power line on the map
. I had drawn out my trackline on the WAC chart and during flight i'd expect to see outside my window what was meant to be below me
.
My advice summmarised (and my instructors at the time):
"don't sweat the small stuff".
If you miss an intersection, powerline, lake, structure here or there, don't let it take away from your confidence. Aim for the next one and rely on your calculations/ estimates
.
Once you have it, keep using it from time to time when you have an opportunity. When time or $ isn't the immediate concern, or when feeling rusty, plan a VFR flight using a map only. Re-visit basic principles and either let your ego be crushed
or hightened
by knowing that you can/ can't nav by relating ground features to your flightpath.
Keep flying,