Met a woman at the beach yesterday. She smiled at me, I walked up, we talked, she hugged me, and we exchanged numbers. I texted her the next day, but still no reply.

Here’s the thing: this keeps happening. I’ve leaned out, built an aesthetic that works, and I constantly catch women looking at me in public. I’m not afraid to approach, but numbers rarely go anywhere.

For those of you who’ve been in this situation: how do you keep momentum when it feels like pushing a Sisyphean boulder? What’s the mindset shift (or tactical shift) that breaks this cycle?