Practicing approaching girls

I have been doing it with various success in the past but I have never been very successful or consistent. University started up about 4 weeks ago. Last day of the buddy week was today.

I count today as the end of the first week. My goal is to go out to 3 events a week and open 4 sets and hour, about 15 sets every time I go out.

This week I went out Friday and Saturday. About 6 hours in total. I didnt really count how many people I approached but it was more than 4 sets an hour. My objective for now is not to get any numbers or anything. I am simply doing it for the practice until I feel confident enough to take it a step further.

I guess I will count "successful" encounters rather than number of people approached. Will also do some self reflection about how I can improve.

Friday was alright. I have made a lot of horrendous approaches during the first few weeks so a lot of practice is needed. On Friday, I probably chatted with over 50 people during the 2 hours I was out.

Most of them were really short. I have no openers prepared or anything. I usually just jump into a group and either I figure out something clever to say right away or I blurt out the first thing on my mind which often blows me out right away.

That was the case on Friday. Probably about 70% of my approaches goes to shit because my approaches are pretty poorly prepared. Still, I got a few decent conversations because I dont totally suck at conversation if I manage to break the ice early on. I would say I got about 5 successful encounters on Friday.

On Saturday I was out for close to 4 hours. It was a much more successful night out than Friday was. I am getting slightly more confident for each night out. On Saturday, I had a good conversation with about 10 girls. My last set before I left the club was pretty awesome and lifted my confidence a bit.

I opened 3 girls. I dont remember exactly what I opened with. It was something I came up with on the spot. It was an instant hit and I just talked about one topic after the other. All 3 flirted with me. A fourth girl I actually know from last year jumped in and told me she read about me in the news. Unintentional but wing girl of the year right there. They wondered if I played in the band because of my outfit. I was wearing a bunch of gold rings, a somewhat expensive shirt and golden shoes.

I went along with it, pretended I was going on stage and left the party. I was planning on leaving anyways since my 4 hours was up and I didnt want to be too late to bed.

In hindsight, I could have made something more out of it but my goal wasnt to get any dates or anything. It was simply for the practice.

"successful" count so far: 15.

How can I do better next time? I need to learn some openers to make it easier on myself. Until now I have been making up openers on the spot which probably is the best thing if you know what you are doing. I am pretty clueless so I need to memorize some good openers to get the conversations started.

I could also improve my appearance a bit. I need a haircut. I went out casually dressed yesterday. It lowers my success rate but at the same time maybe more challenging isnt such a bad thing?

Reading "mystery method" atm. I am not totally sold on gaming girls but I believe those gurus have a few valuable points I can use.