je viens du canada
How do you prepare to play chess ?

What I’m doing recently to prepare:
1) Before a hyperbullet tournament, I sometimes pop in the Bird club to see some bird games forums.
2) Or I pick a Bird player to look at his games.
I just prep what openings I want to play and set my state of mind to the state I want it to be in.

The problem is despite my super excellent memory I only remember the first few moves of any openings. This is proof I’m not crazy enough about chess ☹️
I mean I've started dreaming about opening prep so is that a good sign or a bad one? I remember thinking in the shower and finding a line that actually got me a great position in a game against a friend, it's what I play against his English to date
Tu parle le francais aussi, DaBaby?
Bien sûr. Je viens du Togo ; )