Do what you enjoy. Nobody here is going to be world champion and only a few are going to be grandmaster or make money out of it, so just do what you enjoy to do and do not obsess with your rating.
More Games or Less but Slower Games and more Focused Games?
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"30 minute rapid games" ++ Better 15|10
"I play the games and then analyze them." ++ Better analyse right after a loss. It will stick better.
"an hour for me to go over my 3 games"
++ That is not enough. You should analyse for longer than the duration of the game itself.
"next part of my study schedule which is puzzles"
++ It is better to solve like 4 puzzles before you play, like a warm-up
"reading chess books" ++ Do not read these, study these.
"studying master games" ++ Good.
"a lot of good players on chess.com have 1,000's of games played"
++ They play mostly speed chess and they play for fun, not for progress. They are good players because they played and analysed many over the board classical time control games: 90|30 or slower.
"should I play more games" ++ No
"should I play less(like the # I am playing right now, 3) more slower games?"
++ Play one 15|10 game and if you lose it then analyse it thoroughly.
"Should I try to switch things around to fit more games"
++ No. Less is more. Better one game played and lost and thoroughly analysed and learned from your mistakes than more games and nothing learned from them.
I play around 3, 30 minute rapid games a day not because I don't want to play Chess. It's all I think about but I have my process, so firstly I play the games and then analyze them. the process takes about an hour for me to go over my 3 games then I move into the next part of my study schedule which is puzzles, reading chess books , studying master games and etc, anyways I see a lot of good players on chess.com have 1,000's of games played which really makes me think should I play more games or should I play less(like the # I am playing right now, 3) more slower games? So is the amount I am playing right now going to help me improve?I do other studies and simply don't have time to fit multiple games into my schedule. Should I try to switch things around to fit more games or I am super conflicted on this.