LearningSlowly
Master Don Juan
Mature, comfortable game. Your general attitude reminded me of myself on my most successful nights. Great job, man.
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.
And that right there, gentlemen, is how awesome abundance is.NorwegianDJ said:I genuinely wonder who I'll end up with. Kinda makes me sad that I'll eventually have to pick one.
Luxury problems, hey.amohield said:And that right there, gentlemen, is how awesome abundance is.
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
Spiritually, I believe in destiny. Free will exists, you can make whatever decisions you want, but every choice is the right choice, and it's the decision that was written at the beginning of time.NorwegianDJ said:Im smiling right now, both you and I know that I can easily beat this.
It's just that something feels missing.
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.
I do agree partly. Destiny? If so, then a lot of people are destined to be nobody and unconciously serve others. Destiny might exist in some form, as in the uniformity of the universe, but I won't ever use destiny as an excuse for inaction.LearningSlowly said:Spiritually, I believe in destiny. Free will exists, you can make whatever decisions you want, but every choice is the right choice, and it's the decision that was written at the beginning of time.
There is a path of least resistance. This path comes from hard work, initiative, foresight and being in the now (and probably many things related to those).
Unfortunately, try as we might (and we should try) we can't stay on that path all the time.
But these down-phases, the pain and feeling of being lost, anger or whatever it is, those are all destined too. You need to have this problem so that you're ready for the next stage in your life.
Don't worry, man. Just do the things you know you should do, and you'll be able to deal with everything when it comes.
I just read this man. You have no idea how much this helped. I'm gonna go post in my journal, but first off don't ignore this problem and think it will go away if you focus on motivation or working out.NorwegianDJ said:Sup fvckers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrdpliMfoAM
My mind is fvcking up. I don't know what to do or ****, anything. I care too much, I care too little. ****ing hell. Non-caring mixed with lack of intent does not produce good results in general life situations.
I seem to have lost most motivation for school. It's so pointless. I sit there and look at my classmates; all so oblivious. It's like I'm here alone in a world full of sheeps. I'm always halfway out the door when I sit there; waiting for a trigger to drag me out of that state and the classroom. I could fight someone. Right here, right now. I would not mind; I would not lose.
I think I need to vent my frustration. The closest description that I can identify with right now is that unhappy pickup guy persona. I know that it might help right now to just dive into some old hookups.. but I fear that I'll feel horribly empty. It's at this point in life that everything can fall, or you can push through and overcome.
I just can't seem to come up with a solution. To me it seems logical that if I just work a ton on things that need to be worked on, (hw, study, long term hw, business, SAT) and did things necessary (work out, meditate, girls), then everything would be fine. However, that seems like a lot of stress in my mind...
I have a much better life than 90%+ of people my age, but something vital is lacking. Today my english teacher chatted with me alone. My name had came up in the administration meeting (I helped a friend of mine cheat yesterday), and most of them had noticed how I seem to have just stopped caring.
I told her what was on my mind. I even told her I had a journal. Whatever. I just wanna go outside and BE FREE. FVCK this illusion of freedom that we have. I cried. For the first time in... forever. I need to vent frustration and confusion somewhere.
Im gonna cut this hair, get some food, and work out. Today.
Agree wholeheartedly. Thanks bro.Jack Wealthy said:I just read this man. You have no idea how much this helped. I'm gonna go post in my journal, but first off don't ignore this problem and think it will go away if you focus on motivation or working out.
Last year after I left the forum and started getting laid, I lost all motivation for school. That all happened during the exam period so I halfway bombed the whole of last year, one teacher illegally changed my scores so I can stay in her class. I went from a genius student to a douche who was going through the motions. As soon as Ash broke up with me I felt lost like you described, I feel like your Violet has you in a similar scenario. She didn't want people knowing, didn't want to see you as much as you want her, talks about other guys...
Anyway, long story short I ended up feeling exactly as you described. I used to listen to a lot of that music as well. And this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq8PyyMbrYQ
Basically it was because I had settled. I was like 20% as awesome as I wanted to be at first. All this bull**** I was only about as cool as a wallflower, no point in having anything if you settle for it.
I'm not sure this is clear exactly but basically I think there is some root problem leading to your unhappiness. Something you may not have accepted that is making you unhappy, even though you can beast the **** out of everything it creates this.. shift between parts of you where.. I felt like there was something else but I was too scared to go for it. I'm finally going for it and sometimes I get these moments. But I'm not ever going to ignore them again, I know they mean an important choice has come and I have to go the way to progress. No matter the short term harm I know I might have to abandon certain people this time. I'm willing to do that. Maybe you'll have to be as well.
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.