So I've decided to make a bet with myself. I'm loathe to make bets with myself regarding my relationship with women, because if I don't out and out lose the bet, I often walk away with nebulous, ambiguous results that I really can't hang my hat on. But maybe things have really improved with the very act of kicking Schmaylor Schmift and her confederates to the curb that I can just kick back and take a hands-off approach to the issue of whether I can actually pick up actual women for actual dates and whatnot.
I'm giving myself until December 8th, 2024, to show a substantial improvement in my relationship with women. I hope that giving myself a full year will teach me to have some patience regarding this matter. After all, it took seven years for me to kick Schmaylor Schmift to the curb once and for all, so maybe a little tiny smidge of patience is in order on this front, still.
I might even accept improvement that may seem vague, nebulous, and ambiguous to someone else. Such as someone who may have a lot more success in their relationship with women than I. Maybe a willingness to accept such vaguely defined improvements will teach me to look on the bright side of these matters. I mean, it's conceivable that I could accept the next year as substantially improved even if I don't land even ONE date with ONE woman in the next year. I've gone many, many years, in a row oftentimes, without even ONE date with ONE woman.
When I quit drinking and drugs in 2009, a move I made to improve my relationship with women, they sure didn't line up around to block to go out with me then, but I accepted an overall improvement in my mood and outlook regarding life in general as a substantial improvement. No way I was going to give up on my commitment to sobriety just because I wasn't getting laid every weekend within the first two or three months of executing that commitment. Wish me luck.
Oh yeah, the bet consists of me buying myself a little present like a CD or a vinyl record if I stay focused on trying the hand-offs, I'm easy approach to getting with women for the entire year. That is, I will buy myself that present regardless of the result. It has a lot to do with how I would like to live my life, regardless of whether living my life the way I want to live it gets me laid or not.