Hello everyone, 17(M) in senior year of high school. As the title implies, I consider myself a level 0 when it comes to dating. I have never had a girlfriend or even kissed a girl when all of my friends have at least made out with a girl before and most of them have already had sex at least a few times. A lot of dating advice and stuff is about how to improve your game and how to become better at attraction and stuff but I guess I am looking for advice on how to go from nothing to something. For a long time I used to watch all these videos about how to escalate, eye contact, conversation, mindsets, etc, but I would never ever apply any of it because I had never even considered myself someone who could date a girl. After seeing one of my friends get his first girlfriend I suddenly had a revelation that I am making this all way too complicated in my head and it’s probably just as easy as asking a girl. I am asking for very vague general advice here but any opinions are welcome. Thank you for ready this long and complicated post. Have a nice day!

TL;DR Trouble understanding seduction/dating advice because I have not even gotten started. Advice on how to get a first girlfriend/ go from 0 to 1 so to speak. I’m not asking how to get good at seduction/dating. I just want to know how to start doing it in the first place?