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Field logs are like field reports, but... not reallyFL #1 - 6th August 2022 - Saturday - Rejection is always better than regret
August 6, 2022
Goal today was 10 direct approaches and to sustain each interaction for at least 30 seconds. Started out strong with minimal anxiety and got 5 approaches in at a Target and Wholefoods in the downtown area. Moved to the mall next with lots of people there and that’s when I started to hesitate and get a bit more anxious; fundamentals started to waver and I stopped at 8 approaches.
It seems I’m less comfortable doing approaches sin large populated venues like malls for some reason. On few bad reactions I got today, it was obvious to me that my fundamentals were lacking and that was the reason.
Some things to note
- Don’t rush to get cheap approaches done just to meet a quota before time runs out. Nothing is learned and my performance is shit
- Rejection is better than regret. The approaches I almost or should have done hurt me far more than any rejection I’ve gotten today
- The difference between creep and cool guy is not what I say or do but instead how I say or do
- A lot of good responses and engaged (they started to ask me questions and engage me) from young collage girls out alone in places like Target and WholeFoods
I need to keep going out and get more comfortable with approaching and engaging in interactions with women
FL #2 - 7th August 2022 - Sunday - Transient vs true failure
August 7, 2022
True failure is when you’ve given up. This is not true failure, this is just a passing phase. Went out today and after 3 hours, I didn’t even do one approach.
Here’s what I’ve taken away from today
- I need to get more serious about game. I’m much farther behind than I thought I was
- My sexual health should be given just as much attention and care as my physical and mental health. I need to prep better immediately before and some days before Game training sessions. That could mean meditating before hand, making sure my diet and life is in place days before I game etc…
- Social momentum. A few months ago I was telling my accountability partner how amazing a thing it is and now all of a sudden he’s the one messaging me telling me to cut the shit and get back to the basics; sports players warm up before going hard, why shouldn’t social players like us warm up with social momentum before a good practice session.
- The gift of sexual abundance comes with a steep price; only those who are willing to pay it in full will reap its benefits but it seems like today I was just plain out unwilling to pay it. That price is being perceived as a creep, awkward, and strange; it’s being uncomfortable and embarrassed etc… Not every approach will end up like this; that I know. But some will, many more than not during the beginning phases I’m in now and if I’m paralyzed by the fear of experiencing those things I’ll never make it past where I’m at now.
Plan to make next time better
- Make my Game practice more frequent Tuesday and Wednesday, go out and train lightly; get in 1-2 interactions. Then go harder for 5-10 approaches on Friday, Sat and Sunday
- Get in some social momentum of any kind before a session
- Prepare beforehand with meditation, good diet, and other healthy activities like taking frequent breaks at work to avoid building up stress, or avoiding hyper stimulating music that raises false hope and expectations
Other vital take always
- I have a spending and eating problem. I buy shit I know I don’t need and eat food I don’t even want just to make my self feel a bit better. This is hurtful in the short and long term
FL #3 - 18th August 2022 - Thursday - If I say I’ll do it, I have to do it
Shoddy short approach sessions all this week with some days getting nothing, that is up until today. Started off very resistant and wandering around a lot. Broke through with a few high fives, some affirmations of “I can handle anything” and “I am bold” and then got into a flow and got some approaches in.
Takeaways
- A good trick is, when I say I’ll do something, I have to do it no matter what 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Go, I’m going to do it
- I notice I’m a bit more comfortable, after I get into it, than before. Small change but incremental and important none the less. Over time it adds
Plan to make next time better
- Don’t delay social momentum until the middle of the Game session. Start off with it and get those high fives in. It’s amazing how much I loosen up after a few of those
- Use those two affirmations I can handle anything and I am bold
- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Go, I’m going to do it. Once that happens, NO MATER WHAT I have to do it, but don’t set myself up for unknown approaches and hypotheticals.