Something I've thought of recently. Being a early 20s guy, this seems to be a primary objective of my age group. "Yo did u get laid last night?" "How hot was she?" is alot of common conversations you hear around, especially living on a college campus. Usually it would go something like this: You go to a nightclub or a bar, you maybe buy a girl a drink in the hopes you get laid. IN HOPES. Maybe you are natural at exploiting women and only spend a couple of dollars on drinks and end up achieving your goal. Maybe you start off sucking at seducing women and end up spending tens or hundreds of dollars. I was definitely the latter in the past. Threw so much money down the drain chasing tail. In the process, I got fat (beer belly, dad bod), broke, and became part of the college student circlejerk (OMG I'm so broke I can't afford anything). Now I realize I don't care anymore, I've gotten down from like 25-30% body-fat to 15% body-fat + much more muscle, I have much more money in my bank account (I'm not rich, but I don't feel broke either. Somewhere in the middle). I'm a much better dancer, a much better guitarist, and have a much better physique. I feel freaking awesome (haven't drank a drop of alcohol in a year, have replaced that with coconut water). Now I do admit I do go out every other week, but that's because I love to dance and I want to contribute to the organizers for all the hard work they put in towards growing the dance scene in our town. Recently I splurged on a really nice guitar. I don't think I would have been able to afford it if I still was trying to get women.