(usual apologies if this topic has already been covered, but hell, I need to vent)

Either variance is catching up with me in a big way, or I'm inconsistent to the point of mental instability. Yesterday was my biggest ever up day playing NL hold'em; today was my biggest down (and yes, the trough is deeper than the peak was high).

I can spot certain things in my play that aren't working for me. I need to be ultra-sure of how to play pre-flop - Ax is giving me nightmares when I'm dealt it, and those oh-so-enticing suited connectors. I need to be sure what to fold on the flop, and what to push - calling is creeping back into my game (despite my consistent success coming when I'd all but excised it), and unmade flops with KA, say (I know there's already masses of discussion on that very hand/subject). If you push pre-and post-flop, is there ever any excuse not to take it to the river?

ANYWAY, getting to the point. I was hoping that between us, this forum could come up with some kind of handy checklist of mental processes to go through on each and every hand. With my current level of confidence, I don't feel up to this on my own.

So - feel free to add any and all things that you mentally consider. Ideally this thread would become a definitive guide to low-stakes NL hold'em - at the very least I'd love it to be able to help me get back on track.