What are your goals at chess.com?

I've been doing this for about 2 years, and I learned (kind of) back when I was about 6 or 7. I gained around 800 elo by May, earlier this year, but plateaued about 100 one day and quit for a couple months. I'm now over 1100 rapid and moving up. Here are my tips:

1. Switch to slower time controls. My problem with blitz was I kept on running out of time and was overall rushing my moves throughout the game, making mistakes along the way. Even though I still play relatively fast compared to my opponents, I've found 10 minute rapids to be a good amount of time (even for my 100+ games), while I can still get time pressure on my opponent.

2. Figure yourself out. I'm a very attacking player, love to go for the king. But not everybody is like that. I'd recommend taking a test to find out what kind of player you are (chesspersonality.com is a good one). It'll probably feel right when it tells you the answer, and then you just need to make a common goal for every game based on that. I have in my mind to attack the castled king, but you might need to remind yourself to focus on smaller pawns that are weak, and to slowly gain an advantage over your opponent and win.

3. Adjust your opening. Now you know the kind of player you are, figure out what opening sets your style of middlegame up best. There's a ton of information out there about different openings, and feel free to try them all out!

4. Join a club. I'd recommend joining one of the clubs here on chesscom. It's a great way to share your knowledge and feelings about the game with others, and can help relieve any chess-related stress and give you more voices to help improve your game.

5. Play in tournaments. One of the best things to do is to play in tournaments. You get to see how you size-up against stronger (and weaker) opponents. Pulling off a big win can be eye-opening (and so can a bad loss... I had one yesterday). You can also look at the other games to see how other, better players work their magic.

Hope these tips help, and good luck on your journey!

My goal is to git gud