Mid-winter Nosedive

   I've got those mid-winter poker downswing blues...
My results have gone from encouraging to discouraging since the end of June. So far, for the month of July (as at the 23rd), I've played in 16 poker games and had a positive result in two of them. This is very bad. All of a sudden I find it virtually impossible to reach the money in a Sitngo game. And as if to confirm my reversal in fortune, I actually won in a Fixed Limit Holdem game!
   This is the first time I've hit such a sudden and comprehensive downswing and it's really bugging me. My 888 balance has sunk so low that I'm going to have to make a deposit, something I haven't had to do since I started playing on that site. My old reliable Sitngo strategy no longer seems to be working and I can't seem to get any traction in MTTs.
   Ok, so I know that there will always be ups and downs, but the dramatic nature of this change has got me wondering. Have I just hit a downswing, or am I actually coming off a lucky period and returning to my true form? Surely not.
   I guess the only thing to do is to keep plugging away. Only time will tell how well or how poorly I'm really playing. The point is that poker is a fun and challenging game, even when the results are depressing. At least that's what I keep telling myself as I watch my chips slide away across the table. Oh  well, back to the grind...