So yesterday I went working out with with a friend on my campus gym. Usually I try not to go there cause it always packed with people, but I was antsy to go workout.

Now when I first got there I noticed this gorgeous girl working out, not to mention tall. Now I'm 5'8, and she was a whole head taller than me, so to say she was tall was an understatement. Now I didn't immediately go ask her number, I wimped out in the moment and went to working out with my friend.

However and hour-ish later, just as I was finishing up my workout, she was near the area I was working out. Now I had everything going against me. I was tired and sweaty from the workout, nearly fainted cause I hadn't worked out in months plus I hadn't eatten anything in over an hour before starting. Every instinct told me to just ignore it. To leave it alone. But then I stopped to get some water, and I thought to myself "fuck it".

So I approached her while she was resting for her next set, I told her she was gorgeous and I was wondering if i could get her number, she thanked me for the compliment, but told me she had a boyfriend. I then apologized for bothering her, but do you what I felt in that moment? I felt proud of myself.

I asked a woman totally out of my league, I took the first step out of my comfort zone, and did a cold approach! It didn't even bother me that she rejected me. I was too happy that I even did it in the first place. Although looking back that could be the endorphins from working out lol.

This is exposure therapy, to acustom myself to just asking a woman out, to learn to ignore that little voice in my head that says "don't do it", even if she says no just the very fact that I took the first step is a big accomplishment. Especially for an introverted guys such as myself.