Refining gameplay over time

So i have had a pretty good day today. Done a fair amount of coursework, enough to allow me to get a few hours in on Starcraft before bed anyway... I count that as the mark of a good day ;)
Over lunch i watched a Day9TV newbie Tuesday vlog for Zerg about incorporating infestors into games. Although i am a Terran through and through i took some important stuff away from it. Mostly it showed me another way to approach gameplay. Early on when i started playing i was ouber-focused on build orders. I remember playing my placement matches and pretty much doing a 1/1/1 build every time. Those MMM balls tore the place apart but after a wile when i started playing in Bronze for real i started to get countered or loose my way as the game moved into the mid-game. Since then i have learned a few build orders off by heart and still do come to rely on them as openings from time to time. However i now have a bit more of an inherent understanding of the game. The Day9 vlog was interesting because it elaborated on something i have been trying to do in my gameplay anyway, that is incorporating new units that i rarely use into games and playing around with my own variations on openings. I got stuck on a marine heavy build i had been working on a few weeks back which revolved around getting an expand off one rax then throwing up a bunch more raxs and a few factories plus two engineering bays + armory. The main aim was to get a nice ball of 1/1 or 2/1 marines out with a few tanks at 1/0 and medivacs to support as early as possible. I think i had one day where i spent a good five hours just laddering this strat until i had a nice win streak of 6 games.
I just like how my approach to games has changed, even my whole attitude to SC2 has changed. I no longer get pissed off if i lose a few games, when i do i see it as a chance to have some fun in the chat with whoever is kicking my ass. I go into each game with an eye to expand my knowledge.
The funny thing is that since taking on this new approach i have started moving up the ladder bit by bit. I mean I'm still in Bronze but even that doesn't bother me, it's just where i am at the moment.
Anyway, just though i would share this with you guys.
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Peace and upgrades people :)