I do fairly well and I am quite confident(27m), but I am particularly proud of my success 2 nights ago. Normally I meet girls through tinder or mutual friends, but I am going to tell the story of my first true cold approach. Start of the night I went to a very large art event by myself (6pm - 9pm). I introduced myself to a group of about 10 people by chatting about some of the artwork. I normally start by opening up the guys and can easily transition to flirting with the girls of the group after I get introduced. Everyone in the group loved me instantly, but were all part of couples so I just enjoyed the evening with my new friends without trying to cause any drama. A couple of the guys I met were DJs and they told me about an after party they were going to be playing that night.
At 9pm the art event ended, and I split ways with my new friends because I felt it was still a bit too early to go to the dance bar. I went to the bar down the street to have a drink and chill for a bit when I saw a girl(tall, skinny, 24yrs old, 7.5, a bit awkward) sitting alone at the bar who I had seen at the art event, but hadn't talked to at all yet. I sat next to her and complimented her outfit while ordering my drink. I asked her name and what she thought of the art event and was able to keep the conversation going from just that. After about 15 minutes of talking, a drunk girl came up to us and complemented both of us on our outfits. The drunk girl asked our names and I learned my target had told me a fake name! She laughed it off saying "oh wait, did I tell you my name was ____? oops." I kept her engaged in conversation through another drink and invited her to the dance party I learned about from the DJs and she agreed to come with. Almost immediately upon entering the dance bar, I run into all my new friends that I had met at the art event and while I was saying "hi" to them, each of them made unprompted comments something to the effect of "this guy is the shit" and the girl was blown away impressed. We only stayed and danced for one drink before leaving early and going back to her place to smash. Before this I had very little faith that it was possible to truly cold approach without some sort of "in", but the night could not have gone more perfectly and I will be definitely trying cold approaches more often.