Flight planning: I feel confused and overwhelmed, any help would be appreciated

I would suggest not trying to learn everything and do everything “correctly” all at once. Pick one thing at a time to work on – such as how to fly a specific aircraft correctly in terms of appropriate speeds and attitudes, when to use flaps and how much at what speeds, etc. Or how to fly a circuit and land in a GA aircraft in VFR flight. Or how to use VORs for navigation. It’s not realistic to expect to jump right in with no prior knowledge and fly an IFR flight in an airliner. It may be best as well to just turn off ATC at first until you feel more confident in what you are doing.

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