I spent all summer working out and reading pickup theory. But when I got to school last week I was too nervous to approach and talk to random girls despite seeing literally hundreds of 9s-10s every day on campus. Yesterday I finally 'snapped' and started opening hot girls... Even though I waited past the "3 second rule" and my mind blanked on most of the "pick up stuff" I had learned. The results... AWESOME! Even though I never closed most of them, it made me realize how easy it is to talk to random girls and how even girls who look like they have a "bitch shield" up are actually very friendly (usually). Bottom line is I feel like I've learned and grown more in the past few days of ACTUALLY APPROACHING than I have for just reading stuff. So get out there and approach!

TL;DR- I've improved far more in the past couple of days of approaching than I have in the past few months of simply reading about this stuff! so GO APPROACH!!!