Month: February 2012
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Week Three Pickup Update: Vegas, Mystery, Complacency
Well, now. It’s been three weeks since I started this pickup rampage, and although I still have a long way to go before I get to where I want to be, I’ve made a huge amount of progress. Unfortunately, finding a tactful way to report this progress is difficult. People have made comments insinuating that…
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11 Days In: What I’ve (re)Learned about Pickup
I’ve just completed my eleventh day of my thirty day get-back-into-pickup challenge. No… I’m not going to beat myself up this time– I’m going to talk about what I’ve (re)learned over this week and a half. The interesting aspect to this whole process is that I’m not actually learning anything new. I’ve been through this…
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Why I Won’t Quit, And Other Responses to Last Week’s Comments
I’ve been really surprised to see some of the responses that have come in on last weeks post about me quitting. In particular, I’m shocked at how many people think it’s okay, or even best, to quit. I can only assume that I did a poor job explaining why I’m getting back into pickup, because…
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Letting Myself Quit
I did something really scary and dangerous today. I let myself quit. It’s the second day of my Month-of-Pickup, an intensive course correction aimed towards making myself extraverted and social again. Yesterday was the first day. My friend and I set a goal of doing eight approaches each. We did it just as the mall…