Can I ask for some directions on my playing in this game? I misjudged at least 2 cutting points and made a pre-peeped hole.
Greetings,
Jorden
Some questions:
white 6: right direction?
white 20: maybe it was better to react to black c10? c6? or c14?
white 22: is this the right direction? or better d17?
white 44: better to play elsewhere? but where is most important?
black's cut at 45 ends badly for me. Could i have captured? Maybe white 48 at h16 instead?
white 186: could i have killed the group in the corner?
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I'd play R10, or maybe Q10.
I'd play on the other side, at D17, arguing that a wall in that direction works better with the stones on the right. Stronger players are welcome to correct this.
Capture Black with a net, not a ladder.
it acts as a pincer AND an extension from the bottom right corner (though I probably would have placed 
is a very conservative extension from the W thickness, really too small at this early stage of the game. Your suggestions (C6 and C14) would indeed be better. F3 would also be good.
absolutely must be used to patch the cutting points at C15 and E16. When B cuts, five white stones in that region lose all of their effectiveness. No single move elsewhere on the board can make up for this. The relevant proverb is "vital points before big points". All other mistakes in the game are small compared to this!
is terribly slow. Going back to the proverb, there are no weak groups to defend or attack, so now is the time for a big play. If your plan is to make territory on top, you could play somewhere around K12 to sketch out a large area. Securing the lower left corner with a single move at D3 or E3 would be quite large. Doing something to prevent B from making a huge territory in the lower right would also be good. Some ideas to consider around there: approach at G3, reduce from above around O5, invade at Q8 (aiming to attack the R8 stone), invade at R3 and attempt to live.
, by making better use of your wall to the left. For example, atari a few times (F16,F15,F14,F13), then surround the B stones loosely in a "net". The B stones will only have two liberties, and all of the surrounding W stones will be stronger than that. Try playing out some possibilities on a board. Then try visualizing the result without actually playing the stones.
Better to jump to O-15. The three Black stones are strong. No need to press against them.
Great result for White in the top right corner — until you connected with 
The solid connection at E-16 looks good. 
E-16.
D-13 is better, threatening to cut off the C-10 stone and enlarging the White framework. Also, the White stones are stronger.
Good. White took gote and allowed Black to make a double wing.
Probably as good as anything now.