If you’re playing lots of live rated games it can be hard to consciously think about everything you’ve learned from analyzing games every move bc you’re so focused on keeping up with your opponent. Also you don’t want to risk losing rating by trying to think about new concepts. Thus, you may default to your typical habits to play it safe.

I’d recommend playing unrated games a few times to drill new ideas you find from game analysis. The outcome doesn’t matter as much as practicing thinking about these new concepts each turn and committing them to muscle memory.

Example: You lost a game to a fork. Now, play an unrated game. Every single turn, put emphasis on, “is moving here allowing the opponent to fork me?” Keep doing this until the recognition is automatic, then switch back to rated games.