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[Aurelius]

I Aurelius, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.

I'm a 35 year old dude living in the UK.
Always been a very socially anxious guy (hell, I was a virgin until I was 28) due to a combination of low self esteem, major anxiety and depression during most of my 20s, and a weight problem.
Been on a 5 year dry spell and am at a currently lay count of 2, which is really not good at all. I aim to change that.

I have gone to the gym on and off over the years with varying levels of commitment, I was around 300lbs at 21 years old, I did eventually manage to get that down to 240lbs, although over the years I've kind of yo-yo'd around between 240lbs and 270lbs.
I did dabble with PUA stuff in my mid to late 20s (i.e Mystery Method), but never really had much success with it as I realise now I was trying to be someone I wasn't, memorising daft 'routines' and such.

I think over the last 5-6 years I'd just kind of given up on myself, thrown myself into a job at the time that I didn't particularly like, partially to try make money, hoping that would make me happy, and I think partially as a distraction so I wouldn't have to face up and deal with the fact I was entering my 30s and was still a 'loser'.
The pandemic kind of put things into perspective for me, I was working throughout the entire thing and started thinking to myself that I'm wasting my life, and life's too short to waste, what the hell have I been doing these last few years etc.

I've always been interested in coding, but never really pursued a career in that sector.
During 2021 I started teaching myself full stack development from online resources during my spare time (rather than wasting my time playing video games like I'd been the previous few years), with the aim of buidling a portfolio and eventually landing a job as a junior dev.

During a holiday away this summer with friends, to cut a long story short, a bunch of things, both positive and negative happened that made me think "Dude, you could be slaying if you put some effort in and bettered yourself, why the fuck aren't you? Get off your arse".
Actually discovered this site and Andy's writings the next day got myself back on Tinder and actually managed to arrange a date over Tinder with a girl back in the UK using the advice in the Tinder guide, although unfortunately she ended up meeting someone else and entering a relationship before we could meet. Still, I made more progress in that one day than I have the last 5 years, so you gotta take the good with the bad.

Even did a few cold approaches in the bars (after a bunch of drinks though, I won't lie), and while they didn't lead anywhere, it did give my self-esteem a boost and make me realise "Hey, that went nowhere nearly as badly as you thought it was gonna be"

I decided I needed to make a change.

When I got back to the UK, I ended up handing in my notice at my job as it was draining the life out me literally and figuratively, and enrolling on a software development course which I'm currently in the process of completing.

I also got myself back in the gym earlier last month after a long lay off, and while I admit my dedication has been hit-and-miss, I'm working on making sure I go 4x a week, and make sure I'm sticking to my diet even when I do miss workouts. Although I am being stricter with myself about sticking to the workouts.
Currently down to 268lbs from starting at 276lbs.

Got myself into the habit of replying to my Tinder/Bumble/Hinge matches daily, no excuses, even signed up for Tinder Gold.
Started re-reading Andy's Tinder guide in more depth, as well as watching some of Playing With Fire's stuff.

My goals:

- Stick to my gym routine, lifting 4x a week (upper/lower split), stick to my diet and get my weight down from around 270lb (current) to 180lbs (goal) by this time next year.
- Hit 100kg bench/150kg squat/200kg deadlift by this time next year.
- Go on at least 1 date before the year 2022 is over, in November now so it's definitely do-able.
- Get comfortable having conversations with strangers in person.
- Fuck at least 20 girls during 2023 from Tinder/Hinge/Bumble/cold approach.
- Land a software developer job by April 2023.
- Own my own place by the end of 2023.
- Work on my mental health. While I wouldn't say I'm depressed these days, I definitely do have a mind that easily tends to veer down pessimistic thought patterns, which I'm working on changing, though daily meditation and reading some of the books Andy recommends such as 'You Can't Afford The Luxury of a Negative Thought' and 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius, which I absolutely love and wish I'd discovered years ago.

[EliJeeli]

I, Eli commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.

24 year old in the US.
Socially anxious man looking to get a social life and get laid. Recently graduated from college and make 60k/yr but have high student loan debt. Read the guide, got better Tinder pictures (iPhone) and outfits. Get around 2-3 matches a week and have been on 3 dates since starting in October 2022.

Goals:
1. Get a high-quality camera
2. Get Laid (honestly just want a gf but unsure of whether I should aim for getting laid first instead).
3. Move out on my own to a city with a higher population (living with parents in a town with less than 10,000 people. I do live next to a city with 90,000 people though.)
4. Get lean (currently 162 lbs, 5'7, look skinny-fat)
5. Make friends focused on self-improvement (pretty much have no friends besides the ones I grew up with, don't hang-out with them much though)
6. Get a side-hustle.

Picture of me here: viewtopic.php?f=40&t=1768

[weallgonnamakeit]

Hi I'm insipred by this blog, real stuff here

I'm Jay. I started the journey of using dating app this month

Goals:
- 4 some

[dex]

"I, Dexter, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously."

33 living in the U.S. - want to own a home outside of the U.S. one day.
Long term goals:
I want to find fiscal abundance. I currently have 2 jobs; 1. I run an SEO business as a solopreneur and I also work as a bartender 5 nights a week to keep my social game up to par.
I'd like to scale my business up and make a MM exit one day.

Mid term goals:
Get my business to $12k MRR asap.
Build a twitter following for my business to use for new client acquisition.
I want to grow my social circle to spend time around people who also want to grow, and experience the most exciting things life has to offer. I am an ambivert, I can relate with both introverted and extraverted people, I enjoy socializing when there's value being shared.
I want to make 1-2 really close guy friends in my area who share the same goals as me as well as have a strong social connection with women who are also socially plugged in and can help me network as a man, and as a business person.
I would like to get my weight up to 190lbs, I'm currently hovering around 178-180lbs at 6'1". I'm on a great workout routine, but eating enough calories of clean food when I work so much has been the challenge that needs to be overcome.

Short term goals:
I want to improve my style, maintain my masculine energy and have it work to my advantage.
I typically wear black clothes, black jeans, some form boots, or black athletic shoes, I've always found G-eazy's style excellent (at least what he portrays in his music videos) and I would like to have that classic edgy type of look to myself.

If I can solve the money issue I'm currently having, it will open up more opportunity to have a better life overall.

[Radical]

Welcome @dex

[Rod]

Hi everyone,

Long time member of GLL, came back to the GLL Forum recently but was saddened by how dead it was, now I'm happy to see it lives on here.

Chris changed the game for me, taking me from good to great, from 7s to 10s. I've slept with enough women that it's no longer a goal but just a part of my life and I can focus on everything else.

I'm here because I want to give back to the community and contribute to keeping it alive. I admire the transparency of the Forum but will stay anonymous for security reasons.

I, Ras, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously. As Always.

[PillowDrifter]

I, PillowDrifter, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.

What's up, I'm PillowDrifter, I just turned 26 and currently living in the French part of Switzerland.

I have freshly graduated from studies I didn't like which ended up with a break-up with a long relationship and a short depression (1 year)
But it got better through therapy, medications, and betterer through some really good youtube channels and books ("You Can't Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought", thanks Andy !).

Now I'm eager to experience what life has to offer!

Since the breakup with my long-term girlfriend, I went into 2 serious relationships and now I'm dating casually for one year ( Went on about 60 dates, had 6 one-night-stand and 2 matches that ended as cool friends with benefits).

Longterm goals (1-2 years):

- Financial independence from my family
- Have my place to live
- Have a threesome with two girls
- Backpack travel around the world

Current short-term goals (1-2 months):

- go to the gym 3x per week
- take back the AA program from Day 6 and go on
- apply for jobs (get your shits together)
- take better dating app pictures

It's super cool to find people here being so motivated and doing epic stuff

Let's do this!

[konrad524]

Hi everybody,
I'm Konrad from Poland.
I came across Andy's website about a year ago and It helped me to get laid from Tiner for the first time. I had girlfriends before but never thougt it was possible to do it on the first date . Through that year I had 3 lays 1 of which beacame a friend with benefits for longer period. I want to gain more experience.
Also I switched to remote job and I noticed that my social skils decreased so I want to work on this too. I love traveling, already visited lot of countries with my friends and I plan to do more.

I have been hiting the gym and street workout for 2+ years now, but I feel that I could work harder and put more effort into this.
Probably half-assed the whole process in favour of building my online business, whitch sadly didn't work out. But I'll try it again for sure.

My long term goals ~3years:
-Build a 1M online business
-Meet an awsome girlfriend and build long-term relationship
My goals for a year:
-Get laid with 12 girls
-Gain 3 kg of muscle mass
-Make couple of new friends thst would share my passions

I, Konrad, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.

Let the ride begin!

[purplecat1]

Hi all,
I'm Avi, 32 years old.

I know this blog for a long time, but only a few days ago I decided to join the forum an actually do something with myself. And it took me a few more days to send this comment.

I had a few girlfriends over the years, but the last time I got laid was 2 years ago.

I can only hit on a girl if I drink something, and I hardly get any matches on Tinder.

My goals are -

Fuck at least 10 girls until the end of 2023.
Cold approach at least 200 girls till the end off 2023.

So... I commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.

Good luck

[Sosobuster]

I, Soso, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.
Just want to get laid

[pop18]

I, Peter, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.

Looking forward to working on myself with all the great content and people on here.

[Unchained]

I, Unchained, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.

My goals are to have more success with women and to gain more experience dating.

Learned a lot from this website and I'm looking forward to being apart of this community.

[Talons]

I, Ali, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.

So I don't have to answer or correct people on this a million times about my nationality I will just say here that I am Arabic American, my dad was born in Iraq, and my mom was born here in America. And I was also born in America. I don't understand Arabic whatsoever but I might consider learning it in the future, however, it's not a priority for me right now.

I'm from Michigan and I've already been on dating apps and following Andy's tinder guide off and on for about a year and a half now. I don't go out and take new tinder pictures as consistently as I want to, I'm working on changing that. All the photos I use right now as of this writing though are from the last 6 months. I actually knew about his site since seeing a Reddit post about it back in March 2020. I've also been doing Cold Approach every once in a while but nothing concrete or consistent, I plan to change that. I thought it was time I finally took to these forums to up my game with like-minded people. I already did an hour coaching call with Andy last night as of writing this and loved it.

I have a lot of different goals:

-Lose my virginity, build a consistent rotation of cute chill FWBs, and overall just be more successful with girls in Online Dating and Cold Approaches.
-To tie this in with Cold Approach, I want to get more confident and comfortable with going out in social places like bars, concerts, places like that, etc


-Become a black belt at my martial arts dojo, become a good fighter so I feel more confident in my skin allowing me to stand up for myself if people mess with me IRL, no one messes with me but if someone were to ever try to I'll be ready. And to protect those I care about if the time ever arises.
- I've been going for almost 3 months now and I'm already on my 2nd belt, I started at a regular white belt and now I'm at white senior. Will take about 3-4 years to get to Black Belt.

-Get back to going to the gym more consistently, focusing on progressive overload, a clean diet, and building size. I also like practicing my martial arts at the gym too before leaving.

-Start beat-making in FL Studio and get really good at it, and become a self-taught producer (might make this into a 365 project)
-I will eventually learn to play electric guitar as well but I want to get good at beat-making first.

-Start my Computer Science degree which is fully paid off by my job and all online, starting in January, and am testing the waters with it to decide if it's for me. Honestly if not for my job paying for it and me being able to do it all online I probably wouldn't be doing it lol but it sounds promising.

I really feel confident and like these goals so far haha

I, Ali, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.

[Keys]

I, Keys, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.

27yo, French living in the UK, here is what I want to achieve:

• Go on dates, get laid
• Improve my style and find a proper haircut and beard style
• Keep on hitting the gym to get bigger muscles
• Lose fat until my abs are visible, while still feeling good in my body
• Get rid of my acne scars, as much as I can, and find a good skin care
• Get better at piano to the point I can confidently play around people

[Radical]

-Start beat-making in FL Studio and get really good at it, and become a self-taught producer (might make this into a 365 project)

Thats a great 365 man. Get on it