The first 24 moves are not the problem. But missing a free Queen is. If you take opportunity of such chances your rating will rise.
And why did the game end after 24 moves? Whether you resigned when you saw your mistake or lost on time, then this is the biggest mistake of this game.
Here, there are two problems. Till move 24, I didn't know what was going wrong, or if anything is going wrong at all. But I was already in a weak position by then.
Then in move 24 my opponent (white) blundered queen. And I missed that. Because I simply forgot my queen was there.
Now both of them are problems. Even if I pick these blunders, not everyone will make them. So I need to know what was the problem till move 24. By now I am under the impression that I am not simply good enough . The games I win, I win only because my opponents play below average. What can I do now? What to know? How to know? In a word, how can I improve if it is really possible at all.