I’ve been lurking for like 7 months in trp. 7 months of endless theory reading (redpill, psychology and stoicism).

This clearly opened my mind and made me realise a LOT of stuff about reality.

However, that phase was a phase of inaction.

Two weeks ago I went on vacation and decided to finally start acting. That was the perfect moment for leaving my comfort zone and improving my social skills and putting into practice all that stuff I’ve read.

In a week I approached 27 women (most of them were groups of girls so it didn’t really get me anywhere).

My goal wasn’t getting laid, but approaching and confronting that fear which assaults almost every single guy in this world: approach anxiety and inaction.

After 10 rejections I naturally started being demotivated, but after two days I got back approaching. I felt like that idgaf attitude slowly started developing into me.

After 20 rejections I couldn’t even remember most of the girls I approached and their face. I imagine this is a positive thing as it’s a sign I didn’t invest in emotions and didn’t think about them that much.

Now, I got back from vacation. I live in a small city and it makes me feel bad as I got really no chance of approaching that many women here, but I’d love to keep doing that and do not lose the momentum I got.

When I’m home, I read a lot. Trp stuff foremost. This means I do lot of theory, which honestly, after all these approaches, I can tell that too much theory is detrimental and pointless.

But the point is I want to practice. I’ve been in monk mode for 7 months and I can’t read another trp post without feeling bad. Theory always led me to inaction, overthinking.

I noticed you don’t need to read all that stuff. It opens your mind but at the same time leads to overthinking aka inaction.

The only thing I love about reading theory is that feeling of self consciousness and mental clarity. That feeling is fuckin awesome. It’s like a drug for me.

But I feel like I don’t want to read theory anymore. I don’t want to get back to that phase of inaction. It was like a jail for me.

My question is, how much theory is good in proportion to practice? What’s your experience with theory/practice ratio?