When flying the nav and diversion keep a good eye on where you actually are and update your ETA based on progress at the quarter and half way points, even if the time hasn't changed. Don't just fly the heading for the time and hope. The guy who failed his PPL skills test shortly before I passed mine did just that and although he eventually found his final destination, he was 13 minutes later than his ETA.
Learn from as many other experiences as you can (ie do what you've done and ask here. There's many other threads on the same line, as well as blogs etc).
Finally enjoy it - it's just another flight and by half way through mine it felt as much like a lesson as it did a test.
Ian
Last edited by ianwild; 28th Aug 2012 at 20:31.