End of my AP road?

My high profit for the year was 6 months ago (mid Feb).
6 months later, i still haven't reached back to that point.
(I'm still up for the year. Today's amount is still higher than Jan 1)

Reasons:
- More competition. Now i see Spanish checking the machines in addition to the Asians.
- Casinos lowering Rtp on the playable machines. ie: 'Rom change' gaming sheet taped to machine.
I'm trying to adjust by playing higher #s.
- Casinos removing playable machines. And the majority of what remains are Phoenix Links (for the casinos i play at).
- Poor results from +EV plays
ie: No Bonuses, Must hit goes all the way, and/or It doesn't pay well when I finally hit
- Tilt or boredom making me play -EV (Probably 50% of my losses)

I don't need AP $ to survive. I view +EV as a fun hobby that's also profitable.
But for the past couple of years i'm feeling that this hobby is getting stale.

I used to love driving to Atlantic City for a long weekend.
Then i got used to the novelty of those casinos, new comped foods, different types of comped rooms, etc.
I've gotten fatter from all the food. (And my comp $ keeps growing)
And after a while, all rooms are the same... a bed and a shower.

So i've been playing closer to home for the.past couple years.
And it's gotten tedious without the profit.
It's like playing your favorite golf course weekly. You know every hole by hard then you stop improving.

I guess i need to start looking for a new hobby since I think my Luck is running out

some pit boss is reading this saying "finally! they're starting to give up!" :D

Do you only AP on slot machines? was that a better route than card counting?