For the first time in a long time I've been truly happy. I've stopped dealing with all of this PUA stuff and stopped doing approaches and for the first time in a long time I've been feeling amazing.

I buckled down and got a raise and promotion at work. I saved some money and bought that big HDTV I've always wanted. I've had the time to go to concerts and just had a great time. I've picked up my guitar again and started playing with a few friends, and we might even get a little band going again. I've gone out every night past few weeks and seen movies and had dinners and gone for long drives at night in the country.

Point is, I stopped trying to "learn" and "deal" with women and going out on sarges in my free time and started actually worrying about things in my life. I realized whenever I hooked up and went out with a woman, it wasn't nearly as gratifying as the actual...."hunt" i suppose.

I learned that I dont need women in my life as I thought that I did. Ever since I first read about PUA, I've been gung-ho about attracting as many women in my life as I could but I was only filling a gap in my life and taking away from some of the greatest things in my life.

So I've taken a hiatus from meeting...or even really dealing with women im interested in and it's been fantastic. I feel so much more rounded and complete as a person than I've felt in a long time.

I'll start bringing women back into my life at some point but such a burden has been lifted from me now that I've realized first-hand how normal and average it is to be with a woman, and it's no longer a driving force in my life where I can actually focus on the things that matter most. Myself.

I think that can be a big problem with alot of people. I dont like the term, "The Game". As accurate of a term it is, I think that it gives an unnatural feel and the people trying to study the game , in ways, detach, themselves from their own reality to get better with women to fill their own voids.

It may even be a process...some people have to go through periods of no sexual interaction with women to commit themselves to change...then to go through the long and constant grind of dealing with women to realize whats really important in their lives.

I've been happier these past few weeks than ANY hook-up I've ever had.