I get as a young lad is innate to want to gravitate towards the stimuli of others, especially the opposite sex as a way to depend on maintaining said edge

But guess what at the end of the day no matter how many gurus you listen to, no matter how many women go after you, all of that shit is gonna wear off, the one question will remain, have you actually self-developed, self-actualized and self-established enough as a person to feel like you made a blueprint out of yourself or are you gonna keep depending on the hamster wheel of society to make you feel like the unsure man you are?

Look I get it, as a man you want to feel a sense of honor and vibrancy from others, we all have a natural human tendency to want to be a walking inspiration for others if you will, I say we as men if anything have this stronger to us

But at the end of the day I can guarantee you that chasing constant validation and approval from others isn't anymore good for your mental health than actually establishing something for yourself that's gonna help you make a fortitude.

And Western society's performative individualism (I call it the chase the stars lifestyle, where everyone is constantly trying to outflex eachother whether it be thru accomplishments and achievements or materialistic goods) is only gonna become the norm more worldwide, so I say buckle up because you're gonna be judged by the cover of the book even more

Btw this isn't downtalking at anyone because I even struggle sometimes with this and then get hit with "try-hard" syndrome, this is different from imposter syndrome in that imposter syndrome is about feeling inadequacies about one's self, but try-hard syndrome is where you try hard to put on a posture in a social situation to appear more charismatic and engaged than what you really are, but people can see right thru the lack of conviction when you act out, try hard can also apply to general situations where you're just trying to be a risk taker about things and you end up doing it just with an akward posture about it, but better to be a try hard than to never even try

Another reason you should also learn to validate your own masculinity is because society already, as a whole, lacks positive reinforcement and respect for men these days, especially men who actually do try to make something out of themselves

May all my red pill bros keep on kicking ass and chewing bubblegum😎