I don't applaud you enough, but it's mainly because most of the posts you make these days are complete. There may be more that could be said, but there aren't really any gaps in the points and observations you make.

To put a spin on this I'll say this: Know yourself.

Personally, and probably also because I'm learning, in a long session I go through several phases. First I'm impatient to win money (a form of tilt), which I counter by trying to fold everything and take many notes on people - look up hand histories for my present opponents and try to get some reads. As I relax into a session I tend to go more on autopilot - but after a while in a session things start clicking and I find myself grokking more and making better and better decisions and really getting into the groove of playing - and then one or other type of weariness tilt will gradually set in.

In view of your coverage there are several things wrong with my sessions - how can I swiftly fade into an autopilot mode? That's losing EV early in a session. How can I be gunshy in the first couple of orbits? That's losing EV early in a session. I could go on.

My point is - while your points are very true we all have to recognise where we stand and how we work (being truthful to ourselves) and shape our actions and reactions on that basis to put ourselves in +EV situations. Your notes here are a way of doing it that work particularly well for you, is worth considering for others and... then there's big flashing warning sign over the idea of talking to people. It can help you focus if it's the right people and you discuss the right topics at a pace that allows you to concentrate on poker - wrong people, wrong topic, taking too much of your concentration - and it hurts your EV.