In april my girlfriend broke up with me, and it really crushed me. She was the first girl that I really fell in love with. All my other relationships before that were not so intense as this one. So after I felt broken and left alone I felt I needed to do something to improve myself, and I found a dutch book called Masterflirt. It focusses on direct approaching, but I wasn't ready to go in the field yet. I felt anxiety and on top of that it felt like I would be cheating on my ex, because I wanted her back. During the time that I was recovering from the relationship I also read MM, but that wasn't really my thing.

Now it's almost november and I finally feel that I'm ready to move on. I have actally felt this since mid-september but I couldnt get myself to go out to the field and start. Something kept me back. So I decided to write this journal to help me start out. Tonight I'm going out and I'm going to talk to strangers. I'm not going to drink any alcohol.

I'm going to start out with opinion openers. Going direct really terrifies me and with opinion openers I feel like I have en excuse to talk to them. My goal tonight is to open 5 sets.

Hey man,

I wish you the best of luck tonight.
Yesterday I did the beginners quest for the first time,
At some point you really start not giving a shit. From there on you can watch reactions on what you say and do which is actually fun to see.

I'd like to see your report after tonight.

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Stop taking things too seriously.
Life is a game.