@Mickackou I looked over randomly a handful of your games briefly to give you some chess advice.
At your level do not worry about opening book theory. Memorizing some lines is not going to help you very much.
What
@jposthuma said is really good advice.
To expand on that...
8) Do not hang pieces for nothing
9) Do not be afraid to retreat
10) Be tactically aware of forks, pins, skewers, checks, double attacks
11) Try to make castling difficult for your opponent
12) Before making a trade consider which piece is more useful. Look not at what comes off the board rather what gets left on the board.
13) Try to find weak points in the enemy camp
14) Do not check just to check. If it has no follow up.
Here are the 5 most basic elements in a chess game.
Time, speed, space, material, and king safety.
Time = What is on the clock. Make good use of your time. I suggest playing on longer time controls especially when learning so that it's only really 4 elements to worry about.
Speed = Things like how well your pieces are developed, in the opening, and whose gonna win a pawn race at the end and all things in between.
Space = How much of the board you control. Central squares are typically more valuable.
Material = what is left on the board.
King safety = exposure to checks, and checkmates
You can trade one element for another. For instance sacking a rook to keep your king safe, or giving up some space to develop a little faster. The more elements you control the more you will win.