Many of us who make records get into ruts. You know, you develop habits in the way you work, your taste dictates how the recordings sound, and you mix in a certain way. None of this is terribly wrong, as it all adds up to what becomes one's "style" — but there is no such thing as right and wrong in recording and we must ALWAYS be aware of this!
Think of three songs you really like. Don't pull them out and listen to them, just visualize what they sound like and pick those three. Now go to the place where you record and get ready to play these three songs back. Put on the first song, listen to it through once and then hit repeat. Do this over and over. Imagine that you are tracking and/or mixing this song. What would you do different? What really jumps out at you as "strange" or "not your style"? But you like these songs so they must work in some way, right? Learn to understand what it is that makes these recordings work, and think about how you can incorporate these differences.