When I'm feeling fine, I do fantastic at pickup. I feel content with my game. I have noticed though, that it really sucks, but when I'm in a bad mood, or too tired or something, I just have a hard time portraying my true charisma and technique. I've found that I can force my way through it, but I still feel like it's forced, not as effective, and certainly not as fun.

What do you think should happen when I'm just not feeling up to it? Just not go out? Not talk to people? Or can you think of some good ideas for strategies to change that? I had one of those days today, heh.

Hey TechSkill, I'm only new to the community but I see where you're coming from, some days just don't seem appropriate to game. For me at least, if I'm feeling down and lacking confidence/charisma I'll hit up the gym a little earlier in the day or even for a tad longer. If you can motivate yourself to get out the house and burn off some of those negative feelings you'll be good after. Follow that with a long shower and you should feel like a new man. I understand this may not work for you, but it really gets the oxygen flowing and can pump you up for a night out.

Best wishes.

anchor good emotions to some kind of physical movement (google nlp patterns for detailed information)
after that you can use affirmations
and lasty you can use the music that really pumps you up.
A short excercise would be to play the music, close your eyes and imagine you doing all that you want to do. Within minutes, you would feel like you are full of energy