Am I on the right track or am I doing something wrong?

So, I joined about 2 months ago. Haven't played chess in many years but played quite a bit with friends and family when I was a teenager. Also played with ChessMaster 2000 back in the Commodore Amiga times quite a bit. But I never took it seriously. Would consider myself a beginner. But I take it more serious now and set myself the the goal to reach 1200 in daily and rapid. When I first signed up my rating crushed instantly. From Daily 850 to 450 and Rapid from 620 to 357 instantly. At first a played a lot of rapid games (10 and 15 min), but moved to mostly daily games since I have more time to learn an analyze. I still do rapid 10 minute games, but just a few per day, 2 or 3. But I have a lot of daily games going. Anyway...I got may ratings back in the mid 700s since in both daily and rapid but feel kinda stuck for now. Over the weekend I managed to get over 800 in daily only to lose 60 points in just one day. I beat several much stronger opponents (900 and even 1000s), but still feel I a loosing too many games. 

I learn mostly with books and videos (youtube and chess.com). 

A few questions:

1. Does what I experience feel normal? Am I on the right track?

2. When playing daily games I usually look for opponents with a rating of -25 to +200. Do you think that is ok or should I change that?

3. I mostly playing with the London System as white and Kings Indian/Pric Defense as black. What are your thoughts on that?

Thanks!

Oh, that game is a bad example. It's was late, I should have gone to bed instead of playing this one rapid. On move 20 I wanted to trade queens which would have given me an advantage. And I was ahead of time. But trading queens was not possible in that situation. LOL

I like D5 on move 14 (the aggressive move) vs RD1 which I would see as a save development move by preparing to take control of the D-file.

Yeah...I hear you. I will cut down on daily games. Will stick for max 10 going forward.

Thank you for the time to write the detailed answer.

To the OP:

1. Focus on quality, not quantity.  Play 1 or maybe 2 daily games at a time.  TAKE YOUR TIME!!!  I see on many of your daily games, youre spending minutes on move, and not using your time wisely. 

2. FORGET ABOUT OPENINGS.  They are not deciding your games.  Openings never decide games at your level. 

3.  Do you own analysis.  DO NOT use an engine for anything but to check for blunders and missed tactics. 

4. Have someone better go over your games with you.  The benefit of human analysis over engines is that a human can explain the "why" behind moves. 

5. DO NOT get caught up in all these labels so many obsess over.  You are not going to improve wondering why none of your moves were "brilliant".

6. DO NOT play speed chess.  If you're moving fast, you're not giving yourself time to think, and you wont be able to implement anything you're trying to learn into your games.

Thanks for your input. Yeah, I stay away from speed chess. Maybe a 10 minute rapid here or there. But I prefer daily and 15+10 rapid games.

Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who is better in chess than me, so no. 4 isn't really an option. 

No. 3 is a good point. After a cut down on the amount of daily games I do, I should actually be able to do that. LOL

Thanks!

Years here has taught not to do this anymore.  But on the off chance you are serious about improving.  I would be willing to go over your games with you, but only after you have done your own analysis.  So pick a loss, do your own analysis, and then send it to me.

A great thing about chess.com is the neighborly interaction between players, and I salute PawnsAdvantage and IMBacon for some good advice.  Also, IMBacon - see site - has pulled ideas together under "These are my cheat sheets" - a solid list and well organized.  If I were mjbn77, I would take up IMBacon's kind offer to go over games (AFTER personal analysis!).  Try a 4-game sample and see what you pick up.  I bet you will find it a really valuable experience.  

The only purpose any opening serves is to get to a playable middle game.  What that means is choose openings that give you a middle game you're comfortable playing.  What that means is you know where the piece go and why, and you understand where the pawn breaks are.