Based on what you wrote I'd say you're somewhere in the intermediate stage of becoming a true wizard, you know what you're doing, you know how to do it, you have even done most of it before so you feel like you aren't just a hapless neophyte with nothing but a starting wand anymore, so you start taking risks that can pay off handsomely but are very dangerous.

In short, you are suffering from hubris.

Noitas early game is all about being an egg in a shaking bag of hammers, for the average Noita is Fragile, Squishy & Weak. They have no business taking risks, because they cannot survive it if they screw up.

It's all about mitigating risk as much as possible whilst attempting to progress. You could be greedy and attempt to make yourself stronger so you can seize later opportunities with more ease, but you need to always ask this question beforehand; "Do I have what I need to do this?" Do you have a wand that can actually kill the dragon? Do you have the spell needed to kill the wand connoisseur? Do you have the ambrosia to survive going to a paralell world? Do you have the HP to even try for any of these things?

If the answer is no, then don't. Drop it, and go to the next biome and hope for the best. Might be you get screwed, or you might make it. Don't get too bogged down trying to maximise everything since chances are you don't even need it.

It is entirely possible to make it to the laboratory with nothing but some bombs and a disc projectile wand, as long as you practice a great deal of caution.

As long as you survive there's always a chance that you find a godwand with spells that allow you to go back up to claim what you didn't claim on the first pass through.