Night 1 completed
It's amazing how spot on Chris is. I've had so many nights where I felt overwhelmed and came home feeling like a failure with such an uphill battle. I completed this night and feel amazing. Even though it's not that hard, the whole act of doing it gives me a sense of accomplishment.
I actually found the hardest part was leaving the house and committing to doing it.
Just as Chris said, if I hadn't gone out and done this, I would have stayed home and done nothing. I actually felt a lot happier being out than being in my house wasting time/opportunity.
An interesting thing I noticed was that just the fact that I was going out with this purpose made me more social. I asked a streetcar driver how he was doing, when I would normally not say anything, I introduced myself and talked to an acquaintance who I would normally avoid, and I asked another acquaintance how he was doing when I would normally avoid him.
I also feel motivation to achieve other things in my life, just from taking this small step. Amazing.
The drills were quite easy. I didn't feel much anxiety. It was actually fun. Asking for water and napkins when they were both right in front of me was a bit weird but who cares.
So far, I prefer this to day game/programs because I find it really hard to find the girls I'm interested in in my city during the day. But they're out at night time. So you can get momentum really fast with a night program whereas day program can ruin your momentum/make you give up.
It makes me realize that I like people and meeting new people. I've just been so guarded and scared to meet them. I'm really excited about this program and will likely do 6 nights a week rather than 3. So hopefully I can complete it in under 2 months.
It's amazing how spot on Chris is. I've had so many nights where I felt overwhelmed and came home feeling like a failure with such an uphill battle. I completed this night and feel amazing. Even though it's not that hard, the whole act of doing it gives me a sense of accomplishment.
I actually found the hardest part was leaving the house and committing to doing it.
Just as Chris said, if I hadn't gone out and done this, I would have stayed home and done nothing. I actually felt a lot happier being out than being in my house wasting time/opportunity.
An interesting thing I noticed was that just the fact that I was going out with this purpose made me more social. I asked a streetcar driver how he was doing, when I would normally not say anything, I introduced myself and talked to an acquaintance who I would normally avoid, and I asked another acquaintance how he was doing when I would normally avoid him.
I also feel motivation to achieve other things in my life, just from taking this small step. Amazing.
The drills were quite easy. I didn't feel much anxiety. It was actually fun. Asking for water and napkins when they were both right in front of me was a bit weird but who cares.
So far, I prefer this to day game/programs because I find it really hard to find the girls I'm interested in in my city during the day. But they're out at night time. So you can get momentum really fast with a night program whereas day program can ruin your momentum/make you give up.
It makes me realize that I like people and meeting new people. I've just been so guarded and scared to meet them. I'm really excited about this program and will likely do 6 nights a week rather than 3. So hopefully I can complete it in under 2 months.