So today I have had it. I was tired of my own excuses. I worked on changing my loser AFC beliefs. Recognizing and stopping oneitis feelings. etc... Made a list of affirmations.

My only REAL goal was to DESTROY my Approach Anxiety.

Mission Accomplished.

Today, I just went for it. I hit the mall and my innards were resisting. But I was in that mood that so often comes with caffeine and loud ass Drowning Pool music.

I was so pumped when I got there. When I got out of the car though, my mind was in pure clarity. When I did my approaches my heart raced I felt the typical sympathetic NS stuff, but I did not feel any fear or anxiety.

I approached the first woman who looked young and sexy from behind. I walked around and asked her where the Bubble Tea store was.

In general people were pretty helpful.

Better body language might have been better on my part. Tomorrow I am going to go somewhere and try to get at least 6 women to:

#1 Look me in the eye.
#2 Smile at me.

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I've been doing the same lately, broke out of a relationship not long ago and gotten back into the game and realized my AA is back with a vengeance. But after several number closes and just approaching people randomly I feel confident again. My AA is gone at night usually, but I really need to work my day game.

Good luck to you and keep going dude

awesome man! congrats.
Way to hit it hard!

i think the goal setting (especially the smiling part) is a great way to manage your progress.
how fast can you do it? i do not mean time. i mean %. 6/6? 6/10? that kinda thing.

the closer you get to 1:1 on the smiles, the better your game/opening is going to get.

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a man surrounded by trees is unable to tell its a forest.

Good luck Loke, I am glad you are getting back into the game.

Pacman, that is good advice, I am going to apply the ratio idea because it makes a good deal of sense.

Success measured as - (Successes : Total)

Another thing I am going to work on is the sureness of my body language. I am sure as I get a monster number of approaches under my belt this will get easier and more natural with time.

I'm a bit busy tomorrow, so I won't have all that much time to game. But Tuesday I'm going to be hitting it hard. I think it was Maniac that suggests we do 48 approaches a week. Good advice.

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