Hey everyone, I'm 8eighths. Thanks for stopping by! This is a rather long first post but I

Introduction
Well to start off I'm 22 years old, living in a college town in Virginia. I've struggled through 4 years of college so far and finally I am getting close to a degree in Natural Resource Conservation.
I am very new to the pua community and new to game as well for that matter. Recently I have not been motivated to pursue women after a couple LTR's that did not work out and have spent the last year or so figuring out who I really am and what I want.
I am starting this journal primarily to keep me motivated towards my goals, to track my progress, and to get advice/feedback from the community.

What got me here
As I mentioned I have not been motivated to pursue women in the recent past. But due to a recent even this is finally changing, here's what happened:
A few weeks back I was out at a bar with a big group of friends celebrating one of their birthdays. Two of my friends approached and opened a 3 set of girls (HB 6,7,7), and while my friends were talking to them I noticed one of the HB7s was constantly checking me out. After a little while my friends came back and told me the one girl was asking about 'the guy with the long hair' and that I should seriously go talk to her (I have really long hair for a guy! longer than most girls even). I was a little skeptical, but then essentially got dragged over and introduced to her. We were talking, she was kino escalating and within maybe 15 minutes she was asking me if I wanted to leave the bar. I said my goodbyes to the friends I was there with and we headed to my place and as soon as we got there she was taking off her pants.
I have never been picked up like that before, it was a very nice confidence boost and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It also made me realize a couple things
-I have the potential to be a pua
-Pick up can be rewarding/exciting for both people not just the one pursuing
-I've been missing out on this for too long!

What comes next
As I live in a college town, there has been almost no one around for the last 2 weeks and won't be anyone for the next 2 weeks either. I am using the time to prepare and build up my inner game and confidence as much as possible so that when the students return I will be ready to start getting some solid field experience.
Right now I am focused on inner game, outer game and natural game much more than routines and lines and etc. With my personality I generally make a good impressions when I am genuine and honest but not so much if I try to be someone I'm not. From what I have read this is also going to yield the best results long-term even if it starts a little slower.

Strengths and weaknesses
I'll start with my strong points:
-Appearance -- I like the way I look, I'm tall and slender with really long hair (natural peacock). Some people judge me as a hippie but I love hippie chicks so this can work in my favor. I grow solid facial hair and look older than I am.
-Social connections -- I know a lot of people in town. I can hardly go out to the bars without bumping into at least a couple groups of friends. I know a lot of the bartenders by name at my regular spots.
-Unique skill set -- I have a lot of material for DHVs, I have really good coordination and have a lot of random interesting skills: I'm better than average at most bar games such as pool and darts, I can juggle really well, I know how to ride unicycles, I'm the highest rated disc golfer in the state of Virginia, I'm not embarrassed to dance my ass off or sing some karaoke. That's all that come to mind right now
-Posture -- Growing up my parents always taught me the importance of posture so it comes naturally for me to stand straight with my shoulders back and everything

Where I need to improve:
-I'm very reserved around people I don't know
-Sometimes too worried about what people might be thinking
-Polite to the point that I don't make my intentions clear
-I am not very forward with women I think are attractive
-Indecisiveness

Goals
These will change as I progress, for now are listed roughly in the order I want to work on them
-Approach and open more!
-Show interest in people I'm interested in
-Focus on self-amusement when talking to girls rather than trying to do what I think they want
-Work on escalating kino and compliance
-Get a better idea of my ideal qualities in a girl
-Become more aware of sexual state, frame, and tension
-Make my expectations and intentions more clear and defined
-Improve my text/phone game


Wrap-up
Well this turned out to be a lot longer than I anticipated, thanks to anyone who read through it all! I definitely think it will be useful for me to have this as a reminder of where I started and will help keep me motivated to improve myself and my game.
From here on I will try to make at least 1 post a week with any details of in-field reports, success stories, or failures.

Any advice, feedback, support or comments are much appreciated! Feel free to be critical, I won't take it the wrong way and I probably need that perspective as well.