Opening-Middlegame Transition

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Here are two games that I played. In the first game I seemed to have some trouble in the middlegame but had an advantage in the opening. In the second game I may have had a disadvantage in the opening but I was able to play much more comfortably. I have a good feeling that the reason for this is the style of play that matches with the opening. I seem to feel much more comfortable with the second game. But maybe the second game was also more obvious to anyone on how to play it. Any opinions on maybe using specific openings (I like KID as black, and as white it seems like maybe Catalan or KIA might be for me, also against e4 maybe Sicillian dragon (even though I try to stay away from Sicillian as much as I can)). Or just how I can improve in my game. I really even now still have a lot of trouble seeing what I could have done better in the first game.