Hey!
Finally time for me to grow a pair of balls and get this area of my life sorted.
I'm your average guy. Average looks. Fairly quiet and healthy lifestyle. Hard working, and polite (I will hold the door open for you, but will rightly swear at you under my breath if you don't say thanks) obviously too afraid to initiate any confrontation. So naturally the approach is a sticking point for me.
I'm your average guy.

I have recently come out of a long term relationship which has made me realise a distinct lack of skill regarding meeting new people. Once ice is broken however I consider myself fairly confident.

Name: Jacob
Age: 21
Location: Plymouth
Occupation: Student
PUA Experience: Minimal

Welcome mate. AA is good, it means you're a normal person, so don't worry about that. It's natural. I've been going out approaching every weekend since January and I get it through-out the night.

Realise AA is not an excuse but a part of the game. You feel it but do it anyway. Then after a few approaches it goes away then it'll come back during the night and go away, cycling.

I'd say you want two nights a week going out; one with 'PUAs' or to go out and approach with a wing, and another night out you go out with friends/students and party. If you can go out more do it BUT try and make that a PUA night out, especially towards the beginning.

But even if you can only get out once a week to approach (and do approach) then that's cool, better than nothing. Its more to do with having a routine and consistency that doing 4 nights a week but not maintaining it.

If you're confident enough do some stuff during the day too. I think always go out on nights out with ONE GOAL in mind and nothing else, one simple goal.

Example

I will go out and approach, getting into conversation

I will go out and flirt in a conversation

I will go out and escalate

I will go out and move/Isolate

I will go out and #close her

Firstly, start off with approaching BUT don't think of it as 'opening', see it as having a conversation/interaction.

Look for wings.

If you have no wings, and want a wider selection of girls (i.e. maybe like me you prefer geeky girls who don’t go clubbing), try talking to girls in the day wherever you can. Oh, and it's free.

Oh... and welcome

Cheers guys,
It's good advice. I guess I just need to keep pushing myself into these social situations,and become comfortable engaging with people, before attempting to make them feel comfortable engaging with me.