So I've become engrossed in the whole community recently because even though I'm a clever handsome dude I get stuck in the same places everyone else does.

Opening and Closing

In the middle I'm golden, it's definitely the easiest part. I can have a few jokes conversations with a girl and get her pretty interested in me the problem is getting into those conversations, and going somewhere with them.

I decided a week ago that I'm gonna make some active changes to try a fix this. I'm a senior so I'm completely over the whole club scene, much rather focus on day game. Gonna start with opening, breaking through that anxiety barrier and just initiating without worrying about rejection.

My first HB was a girl at the library. I sat down at one of the study tables and she's across from me and down a few seats. I sit working on my thesis intro for awhile and then she gets a phone call. I hear her bitching on the phone to her friend about some assignment they have to do. She also mentions how ridiculous it is that her prof wants them to set up a twitter and linkedin account for class. Bam, perfect conversation opener. She hangs up the phone and I think that now is the perfect time to initiate. I turn to her but chicken out.

Hating myself for a bit I think about it more, all the stuff I've read about breaking out of a routine. I realize that the simple act of just going for it will make the next one easier and so on. I think to myself "just go for it, even if it goes terrible, it's a positive step". I turn to her again, heart's pounding, worried my voice is gonna crack or something when I open my mouth, but I just keep thinking, "Go for it! Go for it!" I ask her what kind of a class would ask her to make a twitter account, and what kind of a dinosaur prof still uses linkedin. Big smile, we talk for a few minutes they I leave to go fill my water bottle. I come back and she's on the phone again. She hangs up and goes back to her work. Couple minutes later she initiates a conversation with me, didn't realize til after, big IOI. This goes on for half an hour then I decide I'm gonna go home for dinner. Thought about number-closing, and it deff would've worked (I know this because I ran into her a few days later and did number close lol) but I wussed out. Walked out of that library feeling pleased with myself, like the first step on my journey.

That was a week ago, opening has become way easier, pulled three numbers so far. Thanks for all the advice Seddit. :)

Hopefully I'll have some more interesting FR's when I start trying to master the next steps ;)