| I've just written this mammoth post, it's just a long ramble of my thoughts, insights into PU and details of my current thinking and life situation, it feels good to release these thoughts, and really it's just for me, but i'll post it on a public forum (as i started writing it here, before i got carried away) and if anyone gets value from it, awesome!
doing another FR, volcano's idea has rubbed off on me
What do i want from pick up? a simple question but its actually not that obvious, well at least for me. I do not actually know the true answer, the motivation to start studying this was simply get good with girls when i first started (maybe some ex girlfriend complex in there) , showing off becoming some pua master shit, all ego based goals, that has really gone away a lot, for now my goals will be these. This is want i want for myself -
a great skillset, confidence (overall) and lots of hot sex.
I am taking a new approach to learning, focus on one broad concept at a time for a few weeks to explore it and improve, setting myself challenges and trying out new things in that area. Starting with outer game stuff (going to leave the deep inner game shit, its too advanced for me at this stage, i have the basics drilled into me now). Staring with opening, back to basics, next will be closing, then escalation....
Jackal has given me a much needed kick up the backside and i largely know most of my problems in outer game having read quite a lot of material:
I need to get comfortable sarging on my own (slowly getting better at this) and stop drawing state from my wings (also improving on this).
Go for the close on almost all sets, escalating towards a kiss close, then fail or success, go for the number.
Stay in set if its going well, i have a tendency in bars/clubs especially to walk off even if its going well, jackal makes me go back and n close at least, but i should really be staying in set and escalating, until i hit heavy resistance. I am just sparing myself rejection at a later stage and walking off like 'that when really well, they were into me and no resistance' = chode behaviour.
Following up on all numbers and push for a meet (i am currently doing this, in the past i have been lazy here).
Going for opportunities, often the heavens will allow me a great chance but i rationalize it away and do not take it (probably doesn't make sense to anyone else).
Frame control sometimes slips, this will get better with time.
I have actually stopped reading new material a while ago, other than the forum, which helps to flush out your ideas and realize you can be wrong. It does annoy me that there is a lot of people on here who have little experience giving out advice and keyboard jockeys reciting theory as if it's a new spin on things or that it comes from experience. Also i suspect a lot of guys on here just use game a bit in their social circle or do some drunk cold approaches, not really pick up (oh well everyone has there own goals). I will say that there is a decent amount of guys who are good themselves, have lots of experience and are intelligent enough to break their game down and give great insights and advice. It would be cool if there was a way to know the posters true 'ability' and grounded knowledge, awwww fantasy, i will continue guessing for now.
I go over the good material i have previously read, as i have not mastered it or tried it all out. Whats the point in reading loads if you are not implementing it.
My game is improving and sometimes it can be really top notch, when im on and in the zone. (also trying not to be so concerned with state anymore, actually thinking about it, i have not been focusing on this aspect of my game and i haven't had 'bad' state for a while). Im getting good at just joking around and getting a good vibe going, my opening in bars is pretty cool (i just talk until something hits). Still, i need to improve conversational skills, as it can go dry at points, i may just try talking about topics i love and sharing them (i've read this countless times) and also saying normal stuff in a cool fun way. My flake rate of numbers is way down, they will at all text me, i will soon see how many will meet again, i am optimistic.
As a general guide, i will just continue with going out and meeting girls and find solutions to sticking points when they arise, i have a lot to work on already.
As a side note health and fitness is great (probably the healthiest person i know, and i used to be so bad at points in my past). Style and fashion is good, i try to buy fewer items but better quality, so they last and look awesome, rock n roll look going on. My social circle has decreased a lot since starting pick up, not too concerned with this, it is a good thing, that is how i frame it, the friends i spend the most time with are into game at some level: at home and at uni. At uni i do have lots of non game friends i still see but at home i tend to not see my old friends. I still enjoy their company but im normally off out in town sarging, exercising, or doing work and research, my social time is spent in town meeting new people,. My friends at home remind me of my old lifestyle 'just chilling' this was good while in school but it time to get successful in life, and they are just doing exactly the same thing i did a couple of years back, i want to grow and change. My plan is to move to London after i graduate get a job in advertising/marketing, and continue PU down there.
Note this, my views in pick up are always changing, i used to think MM was fool proof lol, thus i might look back on this and scream BS, but its my state of thinking now.
I make the 'mistake' of telling friends that i was getting into PU, most people laugh, ask why, they told other people i knew, this used to bother me, and i would defend PU.
Now i can say i honestly don't give a fuck, i don't care if people know i do PU, i don't care if they think its rubbish/ useless/ fake/ creepy, it doesn't bother me, i don't even react even it comes up.
I am passionate about improving myself, the rest of the world can remain as chodes.
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