Greetings everyone!

I'd like to quickly introduce myself here and possibly get in touch with some fellow PUA's.

# Situation---------------

I've started years and years ago, when the first David D'Angelo Books where published.
Back then this completely changed my life from being extremely shy around women to being pretty natural (and successful) with cocky comedy, nags teases and everything physical. This in turn made me feel much more comfortable about myself.

After a certain period as a PUA I met an amazing girl (probably an 8 or so) and had an 9 year long relationship with her. Awesome! A beautiful time. But after some years (damn 9 years are long) things got stale and I broke up with her.

Now (after about two years of focusing on work) I found that I need a woman in my life and my skills need some work/refreshing in certain areas. (Obviously didn't practice that much during that relationship.)

So I came here!

# Positive Stuff------------

- Physique: I'm tall and physically in pretty good shape. I hit the gym five times a week and do Martial Arts and Gymnastics (doing a one arm handstand in the gym seems to be a pretty nice peacock-move )

- Money: I'm (finally) doing pretty well financially. Took me a while (+effort) to get there. So I'm standing solid on my own two feet. That should be a plus.

- Skills: Lots of skills are still there. I'm pretty good mid & late-game (everything physical + I can talk well and still have a lot of good lines and creative approaches always at the ready)

# Negative Stuff------------

- Age: I'm not that old,heh. But being 30 now I'm starting to lose Hair, which overall nibbles at my confidence like crazy.

I also found that I like girls around 18 - 25. I just find younger girls more attractive. This age gap often prevents me from moving forward since I kinda feel like this old dude approaching a child with cookies. :-/

- Early Game: Suprisingly this age/confidence problem turned into another issue: I find that I'm suddenly having huge problems with basic openers. Even simple eye contact + smile.
Once past that I'm feeling fine and the game is on. But, boy, how I'm currently fighting my own mind up to that point. Damn! This is driving me nuts.

# Questions-----------------

1. Any "newschool" tips on how I can get my early game back in shape?
2. Just like to hear some opinions: I live in a pretty nice flat. But currently I'm in a phase where I don't want "stuff" in my life. So in my flat I have a couch, a bed and a nice new kitchen. But nothing else. No table, no drawers, just nothing really. I find that I kinda like this minimalistic style. But what do you think women think about this? Interesting/Different? Or Cheap/Strange/Boring?

Anyway! Happy to be here!
Wish you all a nice day.