noots bootcamp adventure

[noots]

well, this being my first post and all, ill briefly introduce myself. im noots. (were u expecting my life story?)

alright, so all formalities aside, here we go. ive been reading the stuff on this site off and on for a good chunk of time, relying on on certain tips when i needed them. its just, right now i feel like my life could he a hell of a lot better, and the bootcamp seems like the best thing i can do for myself to start getting some more experience, so ive given myself an identity and im here to start on the road of the dj. i have a lot of self-improvement to do, and theres a lot of stuff i need to figure out about myself, so as i hopefully progress in the bootcamp ill post on the other areas of my life im trying to improve. im planning to start tomorrow, might as well? sunday's as good as any to start, and procrastination is something i wish to ostracize from my life, so my bootcamp adventure begins on sunday the 23rd.

 

[quest]

good luck mate.
sounds like you'll do pretty well..
stay commited to the cause.

 

[noots]

week 1 day 1

alright, today i was trying the eye-contact thing, and got a 4 hi's done, but i didnt put that much effort into today. im supposed to go out for at least an hour, but i was only out for maybe 30 minutes at best. i noticed that half the people i made eye-contact with got uneasy and quickly looked away. i got 6 days to get 46 hi's done, so between the studying for my finals this week i should be alright. ill have way more chances when im prowling around campus

other areas of self-improvement:

cutting out tv - wastes too much time

physical training after school - i could be in better shape

try studying in the school library - i waste too much time if i try in my dorm room, 2 many distractions, and i think it might be good for me, instead of being isolated in a room ill be in a public place and get chances to see ne people and step out of my comfort zone

be in bed by 9:30 for school nights - im like a dead zombie when i dont get enough sleep, and that hurts me in all areas from women to just my attention span in class

and ill gradually up the list, but im only taking small steps, if i make this too huge i probably wont stick with it.

not that much to put for day one, so gotta put more effort into tomorrow.

 

[quest]

well noots, for some reason no one else is especially interested in you.. lol

i am. the self improvement stuff you just listed is spot on.

tv, so not worth it. but included in that needs to be computer games/internet, and to a lesser extent, movies.
anything that u can kill 3 hours by yourself and have nothing to show for it is a preety big waste of time..
HOWEVER, i still waste hours and hours of my life on the net and watching tv.

training + studying, both are exellent. studying in the library is such a better environment aswell..

stick with it, and beleive me, the results will come.

 

[noots]

lol, thx for the replies man. im not expecting a lot of people to be interested right now, ill have to earn respect and prove that this is worth reading over time.

and for what u said about movies and games n stuff, not so much a problem for me, but good point, anything that i can waste time on should fall in that category. tv was just the biggest distraction. as i think of more areas i can improve in ill add em to the list.

 

[noots]

week 1 day 2

today was a pretty good day, i feel great (ignoring the 3 hours of studying i just finished). ive been doing the eye-contact thing as im walking around campus, but i feel wierd just staring at people so it kinda forces me to say hi, which is a good thing. people were a lot friendlier, at least the females were. a good fraction of girls i made eyecontact with smiled and even said hi before i had a chance. as i was walking around, a couple (im guessing spanish girls) were telling me to take my shirt off, but i told them i only strip for money and kept walking. dont ask me why i said that, just shows how pathetic i am at approaching. i wish i could have taken action from their statements, but im not there yet. at least some ladies notice i have a nice body . the hi count for today is 8, so that brings me up to 14. 36 to go

i plan to continue posting about my other areas of self-improvement, but being i have exams the rest of this week, ill have to post about it later

 

[noots]

finals week....

the next few days arent going to be fun... studying my @ss off, but this weekend im going relax and keep up the bootcamp stuff. i got 4 more hi's today, but i gave no effort at all, im just too burnt out or tired to give that much effort right now. i know this is is bad for my overall image, but i just dont function well unless i get a good ammount of sleep. valentines day is coming up next month, so no matter what im going to get a date for the evening, i havent been single on valentines day since my freshman year in highschool, but then isnt valentines day more for like people in ltr's? could use some feedback, just goin on a casual date for v-day alright, or save it for when uve been dating for a little while?

anyway, on to other things. i got a pretty decent gym membership, im starting that up next week. right now im about 6'0, 170 pounds, so my goal is go gain about 10-15 pounds of lean muscle and keep that level of fitness.

studying in the library has been great, its a better environment to cram for finals then my dorm, so hopefully once this week is past ill have more time to take my eyes away from my textbooks. havent noticed any attractive females, but then i havent exactly been on the look the last couple of days.

other then that theres not much to post about, my life is consumed with studying for the time being. my goal for tomorrow is 15 hi's, all female. i might not have that much time to set aside right now, but i do enough walking around to where i shouldnt have any excuses whatsoever.

hi count: 18
hi's needed: 32

 

[quest]

keep up the positive energy noots.

i wouldn't worry too much about valentines day. i have no doubt u could get urself a date.
but are you ready to be dating?

this is something i found. from this site, i picked this up really quickly, - the more girls you approach, the more girls you'll score. so after being here a short time, i had very much improved the number of girls i was scoring, and started dating, got caught up in an 8 month LTR that i shouldn't have.
so i think its important to take it slowly, dating can very quickly lead to relationship, even without knowing any techniques.

 

[noots]

ya, i agree. my dating life normally consists of 1 LTR a year, ranging from 3-8 months. now, my longest (8 months) was an awesome experience, and im glad that i dated the girl. other then that, the other relationships were just to have some1 to call a "girlfriend." now, one LTR a year might not sound that bad, but who wants to sit on their @ss and wait for those to happen? i still spend about half the year being single, minus a few dates here and there that normally dont get me newhere. one of the main reasons im doing this BC, i wanna approach and be confident and not just wait around for another girl to cross my path. i wanna take control of my life instead of living on autopilot.

neway, im going to try and avoid getting into a relationship for the time being, even if i find a decent girl. the best years of my life are ahead of me, and i want to prepare for them.

to the bootcamp:

only got 4 hi's today, my day consisted of sleeping, studying or taking an exam. only got 1 more tomorrow, then i think im gunna get a freakin massage. stress, staying up late, not eating well, im not exactly in the best state of being. bc progress hasnt been that great i know, but i decided to start even tho finals week was around the corner. didnt wanna put it off, theres always going to be something going on in my life. hard 2 smile and make eyecontact when u can barely keep ur eyes open and ur exhausted, but im only saying hi this week so ill tough it out.

i was robbed of 3 hi's today, i would have had 7. just, when i make eyecontact with people, some people say hi first, or hows it goin, its mostly females but an occasional adult or whatever will throw one in. at least people dont think im a rapest now? actually brightened my day a little, but there are still those people that stare at u like ur gunna rob them.

hi's needed by weeks end: 29

i gotta average about 10 a day, but ill have plenty of time friday-saturday.

future goals:

get a 30 minute massage from a female i meet through my efforts in the bootcamp

 

[quest]

go for it noots!

i know this goes against EVERYTHING this site is about, but i haven't done boot camp, nor read the bible..

but i feel i've got my **** pretty stable. especially since i broke up with my girlfriend 2 months ago.

i should prob still make an effort to do bootcamp..
kinda like climbing mount everest, but smaller

 

[noots]

quick update

only got 8 hi's today, but i made an effort to have conversations with a couple HB's that went pretty well.

1st HB: basically got wrapped up in our artistic ability, she was obviously talented, but nontheless i showed her a couple of my paintings and sketches, n the conversation went from there. i was glad she didnt mash on my abilities, she was THAT good, but it didnt go to her head. did i mention she was probably like a 9? extremely gorgeous, so maybe ill take a stab at a number next time we have class together. overall was about 10 min, she did most of the talking, i was intrigued with her artistic abilities and that provided plenty of topics. still not at the point where i could # close, but progress is progress.

2nd: just talked about school and college life, she was complaining that she felt old, but i pointed out that we have the best years of our lives ahead of us, and after that comment she was extremely warm and friendly. was about 6 minutes, saw her in the library, and mustered up some courage and sat down at her table. not that it was difficult, werent that many open spots to begin with. got a small amount if kino in, but i was completely turned off because she either smokes or was around some1 who does, and thats not something i like.

not much to brag about eh? well, theres 2 conversations i would normally have never had. as for the hi count, need 21 more. once i recharge from this week of hell things should be a lot easier.

oh, and quest, why dont u start the bc? it would be awesome 2 have like a partner go through this with me, n ud only be a few days behind me. lemme know and most importantly get started!

 

[noots]

week 1 update

alright, been a pretty easy week as far as the exercises go. couldnt have picked a more stressful time to start, but finals are done with. got most of my hi's done today, made a special trip to barnes n nobles (the equivalent of borders, i dont think there are any around here) and greeted a few people throughout the course of my day. an attractive girl in a leather jacket was checking me out and smiled when she walked passed, the eye-contact thing is pretty good, ur suddenly not invisibile to females. i smiled n said hey back. im not exactly ready to attempt a # close, but after week 2 and 3 we'll see.

i checked out the gym i joined, turned out my parents have a lifetime membership that gets transfered to me since im their child, so why waste a free membership? its a pretty nice place, they have a nice weight lifting room, pool, spa and some other things. workin out starts monday, gotta gain 10 pounds of lean muscle before the summer.

anyway, week 1 was pretty interesting. i found that some people will totally blow you off, while some are friendly when u break the invisible barrier. week 2 will definetely put me outside of my comfort zone, saying hi is nothing, but its a step i gotta take. its hard to improve on stuff like this, its easy to get caught up in my daily life, be it hanging out with friends or studying for tests. i know i dont want to live the same life everyday, if i want change i have to be the one to get off my lazy butt

 

[noots]

week 2 day 1

week 2 provided some interesting reads, but i never really had problems having conversations with people, its just a matter of being able to talk to strangers initially, or how much i pay attention. its easy for me to get distracted or my mind will start to wonder if im bored, but if im with a girl who seems like shes worth my time its normally not a problem.

anyway, had 2 conversations today. the first one, i was walking around after class, n i noticed a feminine shadow approaching me. figuring it was some1 that i knew trying to sneak up on me, i kinda slowed down to see what would happen next. turns out it was a girl ive never met b4, n she was like "could you walk any slower?" but with a grin n she was suprisingly friendly afterwards. i told her i could, n i went to a complete stop n she walked into me n we both had a laugh. after that it was easy to strike up a convo, somehow she knew me, she said she saw me around campus a few times. we talked as we were walking for a few min, then went our seperate ways. she was about a 7, n i got the feeling she was expecting me to ask for her # or something (i get that feeling a lot, shows how bawlsy i am *sarcasm*) but i figured one step at a time. maybe ill see her again on campus, but no big loss. im here to improve.

the second convo was just with this guy in one of classes i never bothered talking to, mostly about the superbowl (i havent won a bet for the past 3 years...)

im gunna shoot for more tomorrow, i need to get out of my lil niches in class, theres a plehtora of strangers i need to familiarize myself with.

other areas of improvement:

conditioning: started my work out routine, nothing big today, mostly light weight with a lot of reps. i plan to do this for a week or 2 then shift over to heavy weights. making an effort to run at least 3 times a week, but as im trying to gain muscle mass i might tone that down. one of my female friends commented on how i looked like i lost a little weight, which made me mad inside. im trying to GAIN weight, not lose it, but im a couple pounds heaver, so i probably gained a lil muscle n lost a lil excess mass

cutting out tv: unfortunetely my tv is my computer, n i can have a lil box in the corner play when im doing homework, it doesnt take time away from my day since im doing homework, but it does slow me down so ill have to stop that.

be in bed my 9:30 - ya right, havent kept up with this. i need to, im way too sleepy during the day. any ideas on how to be more awake other then caffeine? i eat well everyday, its just lack of sleep kills me (and by lack of sleep i mean anything under 8 will zombify me)

new goals:

drink more water: water = healthy

get out of comfort zone, go to new places, try new things, experiment with new hobbies (so i can meet new people, i have plenty of friends, but the more people i get to know the more potential women down the road)

update clothes: i have a bad habit of going to class in my pjs when ive been up late, once ni a while is fine but i push it too much. girls i use to have class with ask me if i still wear my pjs everywhere . so, when i have time im gunna get a new jacket, some pants, few shirts and whatever else i need.

do something new/wild every week. the other day i went streaking, which was thrilling. first time ive been naked in public, but it was at night and only 1 car drove past. dont ask me why i did it, just an impulsive idea (i used to be really impusilve, need to bring that back) so i just got up, put on some tear-away pants and went for a jog. tore em off n ran like hell down a street, luckily the car that drove past wasnt a car. not something i plan on doing a lot, probably not a smart idea, but i felt like doing something new/stupid.

thats all i got right now, goal for tomorrow is 1 convo with some1 i dont know in class and 2 just during my regular day. in class is too easy, gotta steup it up

 

[quest]

am i the only one who can read this guys posts? seriously.
well written and interesting.
i can also relate alot.

i've got very similar goals, especially with the trying new things.
i'm going to take up muay thai kick boxing.
and i've replaced alittle tv, with reading..
starting reading the da vinci code (big wraps on it).

i would like to take up lacross or soemthing similar aswell as kick boxing, but i'll wait until i finish my final year of university i think..

 

[MrCode]

Hey Noots, looks good so far on the Boot Camp. I started it a few months ago and the first week did me a lot of good, but I fizzled out on week 2. I'm planning on getting back on the horse soon.

I just wanted to comment on one of your goals in particular: cutting down on TV. When you are in the habit it seems really hard to cut down, but I have successfully killed this habit quite thoroughly. What I did that helped the most was just not get cable. I save that amount of money each month and of course don't have the hundreds of channels to tempt me. I do still get some basic channels over old-fashioned attenna, but even those I barely watch. It is weird, once you break the habit, you just never think about turning on the TV, and better yet, your schedule is no longer in half-hour blocks.

I still spend a fair amount of time watching DVDs and stuff, but I think occasionally "vegging out" is something we need to do. Of course the same could be done with meditation or something.

I do also read a lot, and I definitely recommend that. Of course if you are in school you may be sick of reading.

By the way quest, The Da Vinci Code is a great book! When you are done with that, check out American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I could recommend a lot of books actually, but I'll just stop at that one.

 

[noots]

week 2 update

i heard The Da Vinci Code was a good book, ill have to check it out.


got another convo today, so that brings my count up to 3. she was about a 6, but she was very friendly. i read somewhere that u shoud make a habit of talking to ALL females, not just ones ur interested in. there are a lot of reasons for that, makes u a better conversationalist (i think thats a word), all girls have attractive friends, keeps u from devoting all ur attention to girls u do want, id go on but u get the picture. anyway, i really like getting to know and meet other people, n i would have put more effort into it 2day but i was exhausted (my plan to get more sleep has been failing miserably). today was a fun day tho, me n a few of my friends all got our cars 2gether n we got a picture 2 show off our rides, we were all standing out of our sun-roofs, then we went into town for a couple hours. its easy to get caught up in my regular social life, im not saying friends arent important, but im starting to notice things that are potentially holding be back. i tend to hang out in my comfort zone all day, thus im not meeting new people, which means im not meeting potential females. other things holding me back are my own problems, such as a half-awake walking zombie, not being comfortable approaching strangers ect. (i remember back in HS people that didnt know me thought i did drugs, cause i guess i looked stoned when i was tired? but i wasnt high or nething, never got into that garbage. still tho, hows THAT for body language?)

tomorrow i was invited to play some ultimate frisbee by a girl i semi-know, so thatl be a good opportunity to rack up some convo tallies (assuming the weather stays nice). the old me would just stand around and focus on the game and not get 2 know the people, so ill post on how that goes.

other areas of improvement (from now on ill be posting either new areas or areas im struggling in):


sleep: HORRIBLE, why do i stay up late? half of the problem is because i put off work and cram the night before, the other half is i just waste time doing nothing constructive.

advice on this website (linked below) seems to be helping, just im stubborn n ignored the advice when i woke up today. if ne1 is having sleep issues like me, might wanna check it out. if all else fails, ill have to get one of those nasa foam beds, see if it helps.

http://www.sleepnet.com/rest7/messages/793.html


anyway, got 7 convos to get. im hopin to get a good chunk done tomorrow. still got a long way to go in improving other aspects of my life, the sleep things a big one. oh well, tomorrows another day!

 

[catch]

lol, ha ha ha, noots what on earth gave you the impulse to go streaking in the middle of the night...

well ive enjoyed reading, just keep on going and you will have the ladies flocking around you...

 

[quest]

Originally posted by fuzzx

My Goals:

To nail at least 2 out of every 10 girls (The keepers)
To attract at least 22 more
To get a couple #'s and emails every week
To post my stuff once a week
To do at least one random 'cold' approach per day
To neg hit once every three days
To jerk off once every 3 or 4 days (self control is important)
To help you as much as I can

thats some damn weird goals..

nail 2 out of every 10 girls, is that 2 of every 10 u approach? that'd be pretty good..
attract atleast 22 more? i don't even understand.
couple #'s + emails is good.. but u'll very soon have more then u have time for (happening to me right now with numbers)
post once a week, cool.
random cold approach per day, great!
neg hit once every 3 days? i neg hit ALL the time. maybe too much, but definently everygirl i talk to (guys aswell) get neg hits.
jerk.. lol, i could never contol it, but now that i've been reading before bed, i haven't had to, cause i fall asleep easy.

 

[noots]

thx for the replies guys, nice to know there are people that wanna help me out.

today was average as far as the bootcamp goes, which i am now going to consider a failure.

"Those who make ordinary efforts get ordinary results."

i saw this quote somewhere on this site, and it couldnt be more right. if i wanna improve i have to be the one who makes the effort. the more effort i put in the more ill progress. anyway, like i said, today was average. that means better then things were b4 i started the bootcamp, but i still havent made that extra effort. this guy in his 30's was lookin around in the food section where i buy most of my vegetarian stuff, so i struck up a convo about that. interesting to see peoples differing opinions on why they started. we both pretty much gave up meat because its a healthier lifestyle.

anyway, i saw a cute blonde so i said hi, almost flaked out but i remembered the 3-second rule so i didnt wuss out thankfully. she was kinda stunned, she reacted like i normally do when im spacing out, but when she got her bearings she smiled n said hey back. talked for maybe a minute then something distracted her n some1 called my name so we parted. its funny to see some1 who acts like me, which is why im trying to sleep better so i dont zone out so much.

in the lil lounge area to my dorm, a buncha cute girls were sittin together, i knew the blonde, her name was janelle (no idea how to spell that). i was walking past and she slapped my @ss, so i took that as an invitation to chat. her friends seemed shy, n i had somewhere to go so i took off. this doesnt count towards my convo tallies, as i know her. definetly going to hang out with her to meet with some of her friends. areas for improvement here: chat with her friends!!!

oh, and that ultimate frizbee thing didnt really happen. was lookin foward to that, coulda finished week 2 early.

convo tallies: 5

that leaves me thurs, fri n sat. to get 5 more with strangers, should be a piece of cake.

fuzzx, thx for the advice. week 2's pretty easy in im just talking to strangers, i believe week 3 is just females n week 4 is # closing. i might skip ahead to week 4 this weekend since theres not much of a difference between chatting with the ladies n askin for a # after a couple min. its painful to watch all these potential females slip by.

 

[noots]

week 2 update

gj man, sounds like ur doin pretty well.

ive gotten 4 more convos in the past couple days, so that leaves 1 more to get tomorrow or tonight or whenever. its not hard to talk to new people here and there, so im glad that didnt give me 2 much trouble. of the 4 convos, 2 were date-able females (well, just based on looks).

other areas:

sleep is slightly improving, havent been a zombie in a few days.

weight lifting has been great, entire body is sore.



anyway, this weekend theres a memorial thing goin on for this guy i used 2 know in honor of his memory. he was in his 30's, probably the coolest person i have ever known in my life. at his funeral, the entire place was packed, hundreds of people. at some point some1 asked everyone to raise their hand if their lives had been touched by this guy and every1 did, he was that kind of guy. about 5 years ago he was diagnosed with skin cancer, n his dumb@ss doctors didnt do nething about it for a year so it spread. after this, his wife cheated on him, they got divorced, n he rarely got to see his 2 kids. i cant begin to imagine what the last few years of his life must have been like, i would have been left a broken man unable to climb back up. despite all that happened to him tho, nothing changed about him, he still made every1 laugh, made every1 aroundh im feel welcome. i always get angry when i think about this, how does this happen to such a great person? as much as id like to rant on about this, thats the jist of it. i wasnt in the greatest of moods 2day thinking about that, but friends n actually some people that ive been making an effort 2 talk to me cheered me up (not that they knew nething, just random dumb stuff). felt this was worth mentioning since it like recharges my dedication to be a better person, and to not let the $hitty things in life drag me down. and it shows how unpredictable life is, so we need to live it up while we can.

ill begin week 3 this sunday, tomorrow im taking off, and i know for a fact ill be talking with people i dont now tomorrow so thatl finish off week 2. ill post on other areas n my week 3 attempts in a few days, so until next time guys.