"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Gripped by improvement.

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Thought maybe the "Gripped by..." has still got something left to it.
So here it goes- a journal for improvement in all aspects of my life.

I will make a check in post every day on the following:

Monkey Spankin: I will say yes or no.
Cardio Exercise: Again yay or nay
Weights: Still Boolean
MJ: Did I get high?
Eating: Healthy?
Work: Degree of academic effort.
Smooth Operations: How many girls did I work the old magic on?
SO (no homo): How many and which dudes did I bantz with?
Growth: Have I grown today?
Worth it: If I looked to this day on my deathbed, would I consider it a waste?

The criteria should stay constant unless I've missed anything key

On Sunday I'll summarize.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Week: 1 Day: Monday

Monkey Spankin: Negative
Cardio: Nay
Weights: Nope
MJ: No
Eating: Average
Work: Poor effort
Smooth Operations: Absent
SO (no homo): The usual crowd
Growth: marginal
Worth it: Could be

Notable event: Journal Started
 

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These daily checks can be helpful. It also suggests you don't really know what you're working on specifically (other than exercise). Are you going to try to cold approach? How will you see your own growth? What milestones will you achieve?
 

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LearningSlowly said:
These daily checks can be helpful. It also suggests you don't really know what you're working on specifically (other than exercise). Are you going to try to cold approach? How will you see your own growth? What milestones will you achieve?
Yeah I you are right; I will set some more specific goals
First specific goal- Set specific goals
 

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Week: 1 Day: Tuesday
Monkey Spankin: Negative
Cardio: Nay
Weights: Nope
MJ: No
Eating: Average
Work: Satisfied
Smooth Operations: Absent
SO (no homo): Expanded a little
Growth: *Yeaah
Worth it: Yes

Notable event: I gained a very cool friend
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Week: 1 Day: Wednesday

Monkey Spankin: Negative
Cardio: Indeedy
Weights: Nope
MJ: No
Eating: Average
Work: Okay
Smooth Operations: Absent
SO (no homo): Engaged in public speaking
Growth: yep
Worth it: Yeah
 

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I think this is a good idea, but we will never be able to help you because we don't know anything your up to.

And what's monkey spanking?
 

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apocolipto said:
I think this is a good idea, but we will never be able to help you because we don't know anything your up to.

And what's monkey spanking?
Its wanking
Ah I see. What sort of things do you think I should disclose?
 

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Week: 1 Day: Thursday

Monkey Spankin: I did.
Cardio: Nay
Weights: Nope
MJ: No
Eating: Average
Work: Poor effort
Smooth Operations: Not happening
SO (no homo): The usual crowd
Growth: Nope
Worth it: Noooo
 

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Week: 1 Day: Friday

Monkey Spankin: I did. Despising myself at the moment.
Cardio: Nay
Weights: Nope
MJ: No
Eating: Average
Work: Awful
Smooth Operations: Zip (as you septics say)
SO (no homo): The usual crowd
Growth: Nope
Worth it: Noooo

Notable event: Called some womans hot daughter a sexual predator as part of a poorly received joke (it wasn't very funny either). Feeling an *sshole after that.
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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Week: 1 Day: Saturday

Monkey Spankin: I didn't
Cardio: Nay
Weights: Nope
MJ: Yep
Eating: bad
Work: decent
Smooth Operations: none
SO (no homo): Hung out with some new people
Growth: Nope
Worth it: I'll say yeah

Notable event: got ripped into by a comedian at a comedy club.
 

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This is an epic fail of a journal. It's systematically flawed with from the beginning; it does not encourage me to grow. Without setting of concrete goals it constitutes a **** up on my part. I am going to start a new one now; a personal one with accounts from most days. I will delete this if I can.
 

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What I said from the beginning. Stop being lazy and start a real journal so we can actually help you.

Also, your journal shouldn't really be "main" motivation. I don't even really think of my journal while busy, out, gaming, school, gym etc. But if I have a series of events or noteworthy news/ comment, I make a journal entry.

It's much better.

PS: Why are there no chicks in this journal? What's up?
 
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