Getting lost is not fatal. Almost every time, it will make your world bigger.
New tech almost always looks dumb right before it completely changes your life.
What you're missing is that the path itself changes you.
Success works as a cycle - growth and contraction, balancing and unbalancing - all while you're encountering hurdles that get higher and higher over time.
You can change the world again, instead of protecting yourself from it.
You can't make yourself feel positive, but you can choose how to act, and if you choose right, it builds your confidence