how forward are you with your m8 about doing PUA? I've found it's really good to have someone who isn't a wing that knows that I'm doing PUA... they kinda help anchor me every once in a while if I need it... but it can also come back to bite you in the ass if you're not careful.

Slow and steady... it's not a race. This is your life. Think of 'pickup' as just another skill set you can learn, and that this is all for a long-term concept of improving who you are, rather than just getting girls.

Birds don't bring happiness... (more often than not they bring problems). Birds are someone to share your happiness that you've already internalized. Happiness comes from a fulfilled id and ego. If you need ego boost after this, try sarging without any goals of number or f-closing. Leave them wanting you, and go home alone thinking that she's wishing she would get more of you. You'll feel a lot better about yourself and how far you've come.

Why not? Hot girls do it all the time...