Ok...catchy title, how can he POSSIBLY relate these?! I had an epiphany today so bear with me

So when Sonic The Hedgehog was out on Sega Megadrive, I always got up to the level that involved swimming under water. If you stayed under too long and didn't come up for air or keep swallowing air bubbles, you would drown

I never ever conquered this level

I would always make sure I came up regularly for air, and stay near an air bubble spawning point. What this meant was that I was too scared to venture into the unknown and swim to areas where I wasn't sure I could get air

Sure, I stayed alive, but I could never get past a certain point. I was so scared of impeding doom that I missed out on furthering my success, all in the name of playing it safe

Essentially I have played it safe all my life. I've not taken risks or pushed my edge for fear of the unknown. Until now of course

This can be seen when out in the field with:

Ejecting before you are told to fuck off, or before she leaves, or cos you think you don't have anything interesting enough to say

Not escalating because if you go for the makeout and she says no, or not now, or not here that you'll have to deal with rejection

Not escalating physically with her because you're worried other people will see, and then if it doesn't wind up in a hookup, you'll look like a failure to your friends

Lots of people stay in the comfort and safety of self defined limits and boundaries. They are more content to live with less than what they want because it means they won't have to risk their feelings getting hurt when a girl doesn't want to kiss them, or that their friends might say mean things to them, even though they are most likely too scared to do HALF the stuff you do

It's all playing it safe. The other option is taking a risk in order to be in with a chance to win big

How many times do you think your favourite sports person failed before they got to the top? Even the top boxers are RARELY undefeated!

Popular quote: "You miss 100% of the shots you DON'T take" - YES! This is cliche, but that's cos it's true!

I genuinely believe that if I played that game again now, I would be able to conquer the level. Simply because my personal standards have changed

How did you used to be when you were terrible?
how fast did you progress? How old were you when you started doing these things?

I want to know it because I have the same things. I started learning this PUA stuff a year ago, before that I was unconfident and afc.
I get better and better. I flirt a lot with girls in style, but I do not close or finish the PU often. These are also some form of personality issues: being bored, lazy, not focused because I always want to have something new and I like discovering as well, and I still think too much, a sign that I perhaps still lack confidence.
Still, I'm 18 and I still have a lot to learn.

I have been doing this for 3 years now... More or less. The beginning is the worst part, after that it is fun! I was probably the worst kind of guy you could possibly imagine. Physics geek, RPG geek, a really lame guy, scared of everything, myself included, shy, no confidence, social inhibitions, depressed, angry with the world, always being the victim...

I share your traits, I am lazy, easily bored, unfocused and dont always see a PU to the end. Still, if I really want something I go for it. if it is worth the trouble. There is a difference between not closing because you cant close and cant be bothered closing...

Im not in it for the girls... Im in it for personal development... That way I find it very easy to motivate myself.

if you build it they will cum, oops i mean come

if you build it they will cum, oops i mean come