This is a question for more intermediate guys.

I notice that whenever I'm having trouble getting sets to stick, that I feel light, without weight. I'm trying to tee up stuff to say and not speaking with conviction. I know not to do this, but it's hard to switch gears, because when the words aren't free flowing my attention is split between getting the words out and concentrating on the emotion to convey. Sometimes with enough approaches I'll snap out of it, but other times I'll go all night without starting to flow.

Do you have any tricks you use to get unreactive/grounded early on while you're out? Where is your focus on your warm-ups?