what really scared me is that my flying was better than when I could see the instruments...
It always is. The only thing I look at is the T&P's and the alt gets a periferal look at occassionally. Far from the 90/10 I am more like 99/1 and can keep half the IFR limits while flying VFR.
I know its sounds weird but instruments lead to imprecise VFR flying not the other way round. You can either do one or the other try and mix them and it all goes to pot.