hello, first of all thank you for just opening this post and I am gonna warn you that its gonna be a long post so grab something to drink
first of all little bit introduction of me to you guys to know me better
I am an asian guy who lives currently in belgium for three years now
i speak english, dutch; tibetan, hindi,little bit french
my looks is average
my high is average for an asian guy
my age is 18
i am not the poorest or the richest guy around but i have enough money to buy food, pay my rent
i am still going to school
at school i m not the most popular guy and I am ok with girls
compare to other asian i am not that shy but sometime i am too afraid to talk to girls and most of the time i dont have balls to talk to hot girls at school
i am funny most of the time but sometime i am little bit weird funny
i am not completely loser with girls and I had girlfriend before and i am also not a virgin until now i have kiss with only three different girls
HERE IS THE REASON WHY I STARTED WITH PICK UP
its been three years i have been in belgium and its much better than where i came from but its also not very easy coz people here speak like 2 language french and dutch ok thats not the problem here
when i first came to belgium i used to live with my father but then i decide to live alone coz we got some issues , my father is very typical asian(i mean no disrespect for any asian) He got problem with everything i do and he wanted to decide everything for me by that i mean my future job and my future wife and their is lots of other bad stuff happen which i don,t wanna talk about so then i decided to live on my own so i can do whatever the hell i want
i was living alone on my own at the age of 17 and its very cool and nobody telling me what to do but i was alone , my friend come visit me sometime since the day i start to live alone i was free and happier than before but the feeling of not having girlfriend is much stronger when nobody is around you coz before i used to have step sister when i live with my dad but now if i came home i was alone their and it remember me of having no girlfriend more than ever sometime i stay home whole day if my friend were busy
Even when i go outside and when i see couple holding hand each other it makes me feel how lonely i am more than ever
So i started the pick up even before when i live with my father i used to read books about pick up but i was not that seriouse about it so when i live on my own my life was much better but its kind a suck in other way so i decided to change it
i start reading books like mystery method, magic bullets, i start watching video and pua artist show and watch lots of video about pua like adam lyons and jon sin, mystery style and then i decided to take a action about it and start going out to the approach but it was 20 times harder than i though it takes me 25 days to get over approach anxiety and then i have problem with transitioning and i started to read a lot about transitioning and then i go out again but its not really working and slowly my approach anxiety also started to come again so i kind a decide to give up but then i saw the pick up artist forum and i register on it and start reading the forum and for the first time in my life i believe 100 precent that pu is true before when its not working i thought that pu is just fake and its only for goodlooking people but on the forum i read the post of lots of people who have been improve and it gives me courage and the best thing i saw was the journal of afcdaniel and that makes me decide that i should do it
so from now on i am gonna start again with pu and start writing journal like daniel and hope you guys can help me and i promise i am not gonna dissapoint u guys
i just need you guys to motivate and give me advice and tips
thanks for reading until the end thank you very much

Hey man, we almost got the similar situation.
Im 19, soon to be 20. I live alone because I had problems with my parents.
I'm from kazakstan/russia/sweden and i live in sweden, so i got a mixed look.
I hear i look asian or latino.
How i started with the game:
My sister actually gave me the game book after reading it,
and told me to read it, but not take it seriously.
So I did, the book was great but i didn't take it seriously.
But now after 2 years I read it again, and again and again.
And now I know things some of my friends really don't think about,
since I got a sister I can ask for her advice as well and that helps alot.
You always have to be open minded of stuff but be logic about it too.


So first of all about your situation..
You have to start being independent, you see couples, maybe listen to sad music,
stop that..it will get your wounded, focus on yourself, focus on how to improve yourself.
And ofcourse money is the answer to most of your appearence, so get a job!
Just focus on yourself first, you are young as me, girls come and go, its dumb to get stuck up about it. And dont read to much of the forums and so on, try to do thing your own style, i also read this forum, the books, and so on. But you have to understand that it's just material and facts for you, and you have to use that in a way that suits you. You cant be someone else, because you will only be stupid, and that sounds logic to not be someone else. Focus on your body language, read about it, you will learn so much about humans and communication. You will learn how your body language will be, and how to read others, thats golden my friend. First impression is important. Tips is to read about it, and stand infront of your mirror, thats what I did and after a while my self confidence was high because I knew all my impressions, I also stood infron of the mirror when talking on the phone because you do things you don't notice but when you have the mirror infront of you, you can actually see everything. It sounds stupid but try it and you will see for yourself. The first goal is YOU, get your head in the game, start taking care of yourself. You're only 18, you got your whole life infron of you so don't rush in to things. Start prioritize what you think matters the most for you and start doing it. You can always train on your approach anxiety by asking for the time, asking about a good clothing store or a restaurant, by asking for a job, or a good movie. It doesnt have to be a pick up. You will learn many things from this as long as you are open minded, like if you don't get anyones attention, think about how to get it!


My advice is to start with yourself before you start with picking up,
train on approach anxiety and how to keep a conversation.
Respect girls, they are not only someone to fuck they can be good friends and a good source too, they can actually help you.

You have read many things, stop reading, and think about it, you can't just read without understanding the facts they are telling. Take notes, because when you think, you will actually come up with really smart stuff too, mistakes, better ways to do stuff, or something you might want to try some day.

Good luck my friend!