Lately I've been feeling the most confident I ever have in my life, I've been lifting, no fap, eating and sleeping well, and doing my very best at talking to everybody. Growing up I was always self conscious as fuck and never had any self confidence, let alone the courage to approach a chick. I've been lurking seddit for years now and have had limited success out of what I would call dumb luck. i've also gotten into the state of mind that true happiness, confidence and validation can only come from inside of me and not from external sources (eg. a girl, a nice shirt, a sweet ride).

Anyways I had just finished my last set at my gym and started walking to the locker room. To get from the weight area to the locker room at my gym you have to walk past a lounge/lobby area with chairs and a fireplace. As I walked past I spot a cute blonde 8.5/10 sitting there reading and keep walking. I immediately realize what I have to do, approach. For a split second I started thinking the way I usually would and started coming up with reasons to not approach. I caught those thoughts and shut them down. I thought to myself, Whats the worst she can say? "No"? "I have a boyfriend"? "Fuck off"?. I changed back into my street clothes and went back out and introduced myself and sat down next to her. "Hi, my name is huckit87 what your name?" I shook her hand and we talked for what I'd like to say was around five minutes. It turned out that she was waiting for her boyfriend that was just finishing his workout. The conversation didn't die like I thought it would have but I felt like leaving so I told to have a great day. Perfect approach, nope not at all. My body language was terrible and not confident and her body language and tone reflected it. But for my first approach It went amazingly compared to how I thought it would have went in my head.

Thank you seddit, without all the awesome motivation and posts I don't think would be where I am today.