I am very interested to hear the techniques, methods and activities you do to prepare yourself/ "get into a state" before you begin approaching women. I can tell this is absolutely essential. If I'm in a good mood and feel good about myself, I obviously do much better, but I feel like I lack go-to methods of feeling that way.

A little extra info: I'm sober so I can't have a drink to take the edge off. (Drinking was always a double-edged sword for me with women. If I had only had a bit, it helped me chill out and feel good; inevitably I had too much and acted the fool.)