dreamed2fly
You're not in Perth by any chance are you? If so I would happily give you some tips in person or even a brief. Shoot me a PM if this is the case.
It sounds to me like you weren't prepared enough and then panicked in flight when things didn't work out. This is what happens to a lot of people, me included in my early navs.
I can't really write out everything you need to know about navigating here, but the most important points are thorough pre-flight planning including accurately studying the planned route and selecting prominent features along or abeam each track to use as a navigational reference (almost no one does this) and monitoring the two most important navigational instruments in flight: the compass and your watch.
Above all else keep your cool if things don't work out as planned, getting agitated won't help you in finding a solution.
Good luck mate.