Proof of improvement? Let's take a look at the evidence. Exhibit #1: All the right moves.

After having having juggled with the idea of adding a d-pawn opening to my repertoire in my head for quite a long time, and coming across one of my liking today (by accident), i finally decided to go ahead and add one.
Now, i went over the Queens Gambit accepted as well as declined, to Queens Pawn's games and Torre attack's, but they just didn't touch me, you know? There's this something i need to feel when i choose an opening. Then it finally hit me. The Catalan. I came across it by accident and i felt this something :-)
But to make a long story short, i decided to try it out right away after having quickly gone over 3 or so games (click to replay the games). The first game is annotated and also the one in which i put most of the little mental energy i had left (cause i am soooo tired lately), causing me to play a whoooole lot less sharp in the other 2 games. Luckely, my opponents in those 2 weren't very sharp themselves :-)
Now, the reason for the title of this post (specificly the "all the right moves" part), is because i managed to play 10 consecutive book moves in the first game without having any theoratical knowledge of the opening at all. To some of you that might not seem like a big of a deal. But to me it is, since i am not doing any opening study at all. But somehow, by applying the basics and this simplistic approach (action/reaction) i mentioned a few posts ago, i feel i start to develop a feel for (atleast) the opening when i play, so... Proof of improvement?