I want to tell a story of what happened during my cruise. I have bad approach anxiety and over this cruise......I believe i took some major steps in conquering this.

There was this sort of night club on this cruise where they had these different parties. Some of these parties were lame so i didnt go all the time. But when I did go to the cooler parties,I had two goals, having fun and trying to dance/talk with a chick. SO the first night between dancing,i tried to ask a girl to dance. I had trouble,i couldnt to it at first.but while sitting down,i saw this one girl dancing by herself. I couldnt just let this opportunity go,so i went up asked her to dance and we did. After that dance, i tried two more times to ask two different chicks,didnt quite work.

the next party was bigger and crazier,I had alot of fun dancing,even broke a sweat. I was taking a break and I saw this really cute girl and she had a flower in her hair.So i tried some improved game and said the following "excuse me,that flower in your hair is a really cute look for you". After she said thanks, i introduced my self and said,"if you want to dance,ill be on the dance floor" and walked off without her reaction. I was thinking to myself,let her come to me. But after a while,i didnt see her until afterwards while she was sitting down. So i then tried the direct approach. after she said,no im tired,I said "are you sure? your too cute to be sitting here. She smiled and said thanks but im good. So after that i tried to talk to another chick that was wearing a fedora,i was too. I came up to her while she was dancing and said "cool hat",nothing else and she responded thanks,this is my boyfriend. It was some dude that was just dancing with her group for the lack of a better term. Now im thinking "this is a crock of shit",because i saw her getting grinded on,by four other dudes during the course of the night,but i didnt press it and walked away. But the party ended on a high note,I caught up with some friends and danced with some other chicks that were with those friends.

that pretty much sums up the highlights.didnt quite do the hookup that i wanted,but considering what i did,I consider this a personal best in getting past approach anxiety.