Today I was very confident, more confident than I have ever been. I have been reading the game by neil Strauss, and mystery had a good analogy about insecurities, he said they exist but like a rock in your shoe you just have to ignore it and keep walking, and I ignored all my insecurities and approached many women at the mall. I started by talking to unattractive females, by making witty remarks. I then had a nice conversation with an hb8 I was super confident and she seemed in to me.
I also saw a girl I used to go to high school with, she was a worker at a shoe store. As soon as I walked in I could tell she was in to me, she asked if I needed help I said "no just looking". After browsing for a few minuets I was about to walk out and I said bye Chelsea because I knew her name from high school, (I have changed much since then) so she didn't recognize me and she was surprised I knew her name and she asked how I knew it, Boom I was in. We conversated for a few minuets and she hinted she was leaving for Cali soon she told me when she was leaving and when she was getting back.
As I was looking for my friend in sears, a cute employee said hi I said hi back and smiled, it was sensual.
Overall I broke out of my shell today, I literally felt like ryan gosling in the movie stupid crazy love lol.
Here was my problem for today. Me and a few buddies wen to the liquor store I drank a little bit of my wine and I was a bit tipsy to say the least, after drinking we went to the high school basketball game where everything was going well, until I saw my dad that I haven't spoken to in years. My mindset shifted a little, I was still the calm smooth guy I was earlier but things were a bit different. My buddies decided to go sit on the bleachers right by him as they were walking down I took off (I know personal problems

) I went to the away section.
I am just sitting there watching the game until I see a pretty cute chick who has a great fashion sense. I instantly thought (approach) while ignoring mystery's three-second rule I hesitated, which I did not do earlier no hesitation what so ever. I moved a little closer I looked at her and hesitated more, then I saw the opposing team miss a shot, I thought to myself "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take" so I then instantly approached.
I asked "are you guys the cheerleading coaches" I asked this question nervously because of the mind set I was in, I can be very very confident and smooth but in this particular situation I was a wreck and IDK why.
I think she said yeah, I said "oh yeah I am from this high school and I am just watching my old team play" again nervously then I asked how old she was, she said "never ask a girl her age", I said " well does that mean you think you're too old for me" she said " yeah probably" but pointed me out to her friend and said shes probably your age, I asked how old her friend was, she said 22. I got really nervous and again IDK why I guess because if the environment, the fact I hesitated so long and make the situation seem harder than it is. I told them I don't usually get this nervous It's weird. I sat in silence for two seconds and thought to myself I blew it

I told them "Hey at least I approached" and left

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I was sad but I mentally shook it off for a while lol but I then ran to the car to drink a little more came back to the game, it was over I then met up with my buddies went to mcdonalds and told them what happened.
We drank some more I dressed up as an old man and some hicks wanted to fight me, I pulled of the masked and said "what's up and they drove off yelling lol"
Now I am here typing sharing my experiences for a day in which I finally started making conversation with women.
Notes: It's easier to talk to a woman while she is at work, its better to approach women after talking to a buddy or talking to other strangers.
I think I am a pretty good looking guy but confidence and verbal game are key. I can tell a few women are insecure when they walk past and a few women make strong eye contact, I just don't know why I got so nervous around this particular woman.
If anybody want to just add their two cents and ramble, it would be nice.