What do I need to get my chess level to the next level?

Lately, I’ve been thinking that my chess really hasn’t improved all that much in the past 1-2 years. I’m not sure whether it’s cause I haven’t really put in the effort to improve my chess understanding, or whether it’s just a normal latency period that every adult chess player go through before they reach a new peak.

Beyond that, I really want to improve my frequency of writing chess blog posts.

I’m also thinking of changing up my white repertoire to the more ambitious 1.e4, where at least I can hope to get a winning position right out of the opening.

Anyway, here are my 2 league games I played this week. I won my 30|30 lone wolf and lost my 45|45 game. I’m still recovering from a bad flu so scoring 50% this week has to be considered ‘not bad’.