category: Learning

Today I did my 500th approach. I remember walking Warschauer Straße hoping for a memorable set for this personal milestone. I was not dissapointed. She was a pretty Russian who turned out to be on her way to meet some friends. The set was a ray of hope in what was otherwise a very bleak session, as my vibe has been very flat that day. The set didn’t go anywhere because she had a boyfriend of 4 years, but as we parted ways she said “you have very beautiful eyes” as she grabbed my hand to shake it. It’s small moments like these, despite of losing the set, that fuel my determination to reach the next 500 approaches. ...

As I’m reaching 500 sets my metric of what constitutes a productive daygame session is starting to change. When I was a beginner (less than 200 approaches) my aim for each session was to open at least 10 girls within 2 hours, as recommended by Tom Torero. The good thing was that I was getting a lot of time in front of girls which helped me build a lot of reference experience quickly. I also got on plenty of dates which resulted in 3 SDLs. The downside was that the quality of approaches suffered. I often found myself in a set with a girl that I didn’t really like. As I was just drilling the model, or rather reducing my AA, this didn’t matter too much. ...