I've been lurking here for at least the last 6 months and tonight I finally felt that it was time to go out with the specific purpose of putting theory into action.

For some background, I'm an attractive sigma male who seriously underperforms in the women department. This is mostly due to the job in California I had for the past year that didn't allow me any social life. I also suffer from "Nice Guy Syndrome" to some extent although it isn't too severe.

I have moved to a midwestern college town of 100k people. Towns like these are full of gorgeous young women and I wanted a piece of the action. So tonight I picked up a friend and we went out. He was high and I could tell that he wasn't in it like I was.

Still, we started at a chill pizza restaurant/bar and ordered a pitcher of Blue Moon to split. At first I was really anxious despite trying my best to internalize an "abundance" mindset with "outcome independence."

When that pitcher was finished I had loosened up considerably and had much less fucks to give. I hate to use alcohol as a crutch but it really did help me loosen up. Maybe in the future I can learn to get along with out it. At the very least I was able to maintain a good buzz without going overboard.

Feeling better we moved along to a broclub. I saw a guy I knew and he said, out of nowhere, "go work your magic on these girls." I spotted this blonde that I had actually matched with on tinder but had never talked to.

I went up and said, "have we met before?" I made her work for it but eventually I confirmed that it was tinder. Our convo came easy and I noticed that I made strong kino from the start without even thinking about it. It seemed to come natural.

We went to the dance floor and I made out with her within the first 5 minutes. She was definitely into it. We kept bumping and grinding till it closed down. She had some female friends tagging along but they weren't too defensive. I whispered in her ear that I drove, was sober and wanted to go back to her place for our own "after party."

I said this at least twice and she was tempted but resolved to go with her friends in a limo to a house party. I thought about going but realized I would have no ride and could be stuck somewhere I didn't want to be. Besides, I wanted sex and not some 5am drunken sex but some "let's really get into it" sex. So I got her number and went home.

I feel good about my decision as I left at the "top" and I'll still be able to work on my own projects tomorrow without being super tired/hungover from an after party. Also, we live in the same city so we can meet up anytime.

It's already been a great boost in confidence for me. Stay positive out there! I know it's hard and shitty sometimes but don't be afraid to chill and scope a place out and figure out where you fit in.

Edit: TL;DR: I went out with the intention of picking up girls after a long hiatus and was nervous at first but used some alcohol to loosen up and ended up k-closing with an HB7.