This has been something that’s been on my mind for a while, and if someone has been going through with this as well, hopefully it can help. About 11 years ago (19 years old) I used to be the complete opposite of who I am today. I was known as an introvert, had zero confidence, over thinker, and didn’t have the courage to talk to women. Fast forward to when I turned 22, life changed, made a few friends who were PUAs, and they showed me the ropes. This was perhaps one of the biggest struggles I had ever had to deal with since the only solution was to break out of my comfort zone and start talking...basically a 180 degree change. One of my biggest psychological “walls” back then was that I let emotions get the best of me, and just the fact of suppressing them was a challenge in itself. To this day I still get a few short bursts of emotional sadness, rage, or joy, when it comes to the interaction with women, but I have better control of them. During those years of transforming myself (22-25), I could only put up the front of being this confident, 0 fucks given type of guy for about 1 date and half, sure I’d smash and everything, but afterwards I was in uncharted territory and didn’t know how to maintain that, and as a result, I would end up losing the interest of the girl. In addition, there were a few times (wish I could go back in time with the knowledge I know now) where I would pick up a 10 at a club with my dancing abilities that I also acquired, but since I was in shock that they would respond so well to that, I would have a complete nervous breakdown when it came to engaging in an actual conversation. And just like before, I would lose the interest of the girl. The day after I would then have to start from scratch with my training. The biggest turning point in my transformation was when I would go to the clubs with NO specific goal in mind, and more of a mentality of “whatever happens happens”. Here I would go up to attractive and non attractive girls and just engage in conversation without the end result of wanting to smash. This gave me insight on how women thought, and how easy it was to be less “gamey” in person and have more of a natural attraction based on things we have in common. Keep in mind that during this time I was still living in California and my way of texting was the opposite of in-person (witty, creative and gamey). However, the women responded well to that. I then moved to Costa Rica to pursue my career in medicine, and this is where life took another huge turn. The culture here is simple and to the point. It came as a shock to me biggest it almost seemed as if the intelligence level of these women was dialed down. With my California approach mentality, I made so many mistakes when it came to picking up at bars and dance clubs. As such, I had to evolve once again. It took me about 2 years of trial and error to finally understand how things worked; this includes the text game as well. Fast forward to present day (30 years old). I consider myself to be in the range of intermediate to semi-advanced level with the dating game. Finding out about Alex’s business was completely random (actually don’t remember if it was through youtube or a google search haha) but his state of mind appealed to me since it’s basically how I aim to think some day, and how things are during this moment...simple, not complicated, and to the point. Needless to say I still have some flaws I need to work on, and the career hasn’t made it anymore easier. For example, nowadays, all my focus is towards classes and studies which take up 80% of the week. The remaining 20% I split up into daily portions. This interferes with talking to women since if a girl can’t meet on an afternoon that I’m free, I’m not going to sit around and wait for the meetup to happen. Instead I pick up another girl (instagram, tinder, etc.), and see if her schedule coincides with mine. The flaw in this is that at times I end up talking to 10 girls at once, and when I get completely overwhelmed with studying, I have to ignore everything around me for a few days. This results in perhaps a girl losing interest, or her getting fed up that I’m always so busy. So it becomes a never ending cycle of finding out what works best for my schedule. During this cycle is where I get confronted with scenarios that I’ve never dealt with (every woman having different personalities), and what works with one, may not work with the other. The second flaw I have is my old self creeping up every now and then, specifically the over thinking aspect. I think this is actually inevitable because it's who I used to be for almost 20 years. The only solution I've had for this is just to constantly keep in mind the "0 fucks given" attitude. The third flaw I have is WANTING to have the girls I mentioned in the first flaw, especially if I’m conversing with 9s or 10s. The reason I believe this happens is once you learn the ability to pick up, you feel invincible and you feel like you can get everything and anything you want the moment you want it. Understanding the idea that this can’t always happen has been the hardest to deal with. And whenever these moments arise, I have to set time apart to meditate, go out for a walk, or just continue studying. It’s definitely a work in progress, and I will never consider this training to be complete because just like life, anything can change at any time. Hopefully this serves as something helpful for anyone who might be just starting, or has been in the game for quite some time...just to let you know that you’re not alone with any struggles you may have.