Just introducing myself. I'm 18 years old and living in Cambridge, Ontario not to far from Toronto.

To give everyone a quick run-down of my past I was the loser in highschool, played Halo 2 all day, never went to any parties, didn't talk to anyone in any of my classes. This eventually forced me into depression well I'll call it that I've probably yet to feel what its like to be depressed, but I had the blues. I was never the skinny in shape guy but I found I had a lot of charisma when people took the time to talk to me they never stopped talking to me so on the bright side I created a lot of strong friendships with the few people I got to know in highschool. That just didn't do it for me and as the years progressed I got more "bummed" and I started getting more overweight and isolated from everyone around me just feeling worse and worse about myself as the days went on. I eventually dropped out of school and blocked myself off from any form of socialization out there, to the point where I would feel uncomfortable even talking to my family.

It was last year around this time which would have been my senior graduating year if I stayed in school when I realized I'm wasting so much opportunities and things are gonna change. I began reading books on gaining social skills, those did nothing. I found out about the Mystery Method after Mystery appeared on Conan O'brien. I picked up the book started reading it and just couldn't find it in my heart to attempt any of this stuff... I truly thought a girl would fix all my problems but realizing what I would have to attempt to do made things worse. It was around Christmas and I was now at 220lbs and standing at a startling height of 5'10. I needed somewhere to start my change little steps and I thought first things first my looks. I know I know vanity is one of the deadly sins but I wasn't gonna be able to accomplish any goals if I wasn't happy with myself. I started getting healthy, I started loosing weight, getting into the latest fashions and trends but not too much where I wasn't myself still. I was still on my own though. Spring time came around and I got in touch with a highschool buddy that was going to the prom party and he invited me. I was so excited I finally thought I looked "acceptable" and I felt that way inside so to the weekend bash I went. This is where it got ugly again I forgot I still had ZERO social skills, my weekend sucked.

The rest of the spring I slipped back into old ways, stopped working out, started eating wrong again, thinking about all the people out having a good time, meeting new friends, starting new relationships. I let myself go. I started reading more self-help books but they failed me, I figured it was time to get a job (also I was still working on my education just at home)

It is now September 2008, I'm working as a cook in a popular family resurant slowly gaining some social skills and feeling more comfortable talking with people. A month goes bye and BAM I meet a girl at work and I fall for her, I muster up the courage to talk to her, we hit it off. You guessed it though things got bad again I'm a "one-ist" I had no idea how to progress this into something more than just friends and I was acting like a psycho boyfriend around here when we began to talk and she was obviously noticing this, and she let me know it too. I felt like such a creep but enough was enough I wasn't sliding back into that habit again, luckily we weren't set to work any of the same shifts for some good time so I blocked off conversations with her and accepted shes a friend now if we ever get to talking again. Time went by I started working out again... and then I bought "The Game" I was desperate I needed to know where and how I went wrong what made me blow a chance at a girl away in moments.

Tonight I finished reading this book. I am intrigued. This book and all the others based on this concept have opened up a new door in my life. I read so many things that changed how I think about things, how I think about myself, how I think about people in general, all changes for the good.

I know I am only 18 and still very young, that is why I want CHANGE more than ever while I still have plenty of time to do so and experience life to the fullest instead of trying to be the best in the world at some Xbox game.

So yeah, I can't say I'll be active here 100% but thats my story in a nutshell of how I found this place. I guess you can just call me Snix lol, it was my game name for Xbox so I figure I'd keep it for this "game" as well.


p.s. Sorry for any typos, its like 5:30 AM where I am right now was reading "The Game" all night

If anyone wants to see a picture of my before and after so far I'll show ya' (only saying because I was gonna post a link to a pic but I can't until I get five posts)