Good luck. I am also self taught since there are no flying clubs or instructors around where I live. I did crash a few planes in my time, but I did learn from them! I am back in the hobby after a 5 year break and I've downloaded FMS free flight simulator to practice on. A lot of it is getting your hand and finger reflexes to know automatically which way to go in a given situation. The flight sim really helps with this. When the plane is actually in the air, theres not much time to think which way to push the sticks.