Last year I broke up with my long-term girlfriend and started online dating. I’ve had a few dates, but nothing really came from them. Lately, online dating feels impossible, I get matches but barely any real conversations, let alone dates. Also compared to real life, I rarely find women from only dating to be my type.

I work a lot on my own company (it’s my passion and mission), so my social circle is quite small right now, though I’m working on expanding it. However that will take a lot of time, since I started from zero. I do some sports with friends, but there are rarely women involved. I also live in a European city where cold approaching is tough and dating in general seems harder than average.

I’m turning 30 this year, and it’s been frustrating to feel like I’m missing out on this part of life. I’d like to have some casual experiences (FWBs, hookups), and ideally find a long-term relationship later on. But I always had that dream / life goal of getting a lot of women and be some kind of “fuckboy” once.

So I’m stuck: Should I try to improve my online dating profile? Focus more on building a social circle and meeting women that way? Or try cold approaching despite the challenges here? I don’t know, what to do and how to use my time wisely.

Any advice is appreciated.