i'm going through hypnotica's collection of confidence program. i'm at the stage where i'm training myself to walk up to girls, without the pressure of pulling or even starting a conversation. basically, something like "hey, are you karen?" and when she probably will say no say "nevermind i thought you were someone from middle school" or something like that... mind you, this is not intended to be an indirect opener - just something that will train me to to the approach, wherein the next steps involve walking up to say "hi" and start conversations/interactions. any ideas for something that works for this purpose and would sound authentic enough for me not to worry about it?

2 ways to go about this

1. The mother bird method were they kick their kid out the nest to make it fly
( essentially you just force yourself to open with a genuine opener)

2. Baby steps way
were you build up your confidence gradually to approach steadily
( this part may sound stupid but it works as it gives you the opportunity to approach non threatening )
Grab a load of flyers from a shop or a bank and just stand their in one spot on the street handing as many out to people as possible ( the idea is to get yourself comfortable with the idea of interacting with new people )
- then move onto asking girls / guys the time
- then try to spark as many oppertunistic openers in shops with the employees ( their payed to be nice)
- then go onto aproaching with whatever opener you have planned, FTC and then leave keep practicing each step until comfortable.