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Chronicles of Ascent: Path Towards Greatness

Sunday 10th November:

(1) Work
- Pack my luggage
- No work

(2) Inner work:
- Meditation 15min
- "What did I do today to be a man?"
- Expand on my inner game problems

(3) Dating:
- Ask if I can shadow Jason so I can see Kai
-
Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling

(4) Health:
- Good diet
- Good Hydration, Add creatine to the water
- Wake up early and get light exposure

(5) Other:
- Download the next book: Laws of human nature
- Write learnings from 48 laws of power
 
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Looking back at it, I don't think I handled it badly. I should have been more dominant and thrown it back at her after that. Something like:
Me: "I'm not here to play games girl. Unlike you, I won't hesitate to block you. So watch your behavior"

Really not sold on this reply. Like why take it so serious, she’s just jesting you. Just tease her back w something playful about how likewise, you’ll be keeping an eye on her wandering hands.

It’s like, it’s obviously playful but by engaging it seriously it implies that you worry about being blocked. If she was gonna block you she wouldn’t tell you first.
 
I progressively got a bit touchy, but nothing bold though. 20min in she gave what I now believe was a shit test.
Her: "You know I can block you anytime, right? You better be on your best behavior"
That sounded so offending to me. I am not your dog bitch
Me: "What are you going to do really? We're already on the date right now"
Her: "I will walk away and block you after"
Me: "Do it then. Block me" (said in a confrontational/daring way)
Her: "Ahhh... No, you haven't done anything wrong. I don't have to..." She backs off after that
Looking back at it, I don't think I handled it badly. I should have been more dominant and thrown it back at her after that. Something like:
Me: "I'm not here to play games girl. Unlike you, I won't hesitate to block you. So watch your behavior"
This is a good shit test exercise, I was actually not completely sure how to respond to this.

I think the hypothetical response is too combative.

That said, she's also being kinda combative, so I'd probably try to shut it down by setting a more chill frame. Something like, "Woah, we just met, and you're already talking about blocking me? Why can't you just relax and be in the moment, we're vibing and having a good time". Maybe this isn't good either though. I would say this playfully though, not seriously.

Rule of thumb is that you always want callouts/pushbacks to be playful and humorous at first, serious and ultimatum-y ones are a last resort.
 
Her: "You know I can block you anytime, right? You better be on your best behavior"
“Hahaha you remind me of my English teacher”
“Oh no how am I going to sleep at night!?”
Even what you said with the right tone would have been good “ahahah okay your going to block me but ya still here”

Amused mastery. This is probably some anxious stoner chick who was crying a week ago after Trump won lol don’t take it so seriously.

Your reaction reveals a lot and man it’s cool take your time to work through it.
 
Thank you for commenting on the way I handled the shit test, @Adrizzle @Antonio44 @Squilliam. I appreciate the help 🙏.
You guys are right, I now realized that I did not handle this properly. I should have come off unhinged and teased her about it. Answering the way I did just showed her It hurt my ego and my answer was impulsive
I am still trying to figure all this out, so it's good learning experience.

Giving out inner game ratings for these girls is fantastic stuff
ahahah since I started working on it, I can now see it in others. I've historically attracted broken girls so want to see the rating improve as I improve my own inner game
 
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Sunday 10th November:

(1) Work
- Pack my luggage [Done]
- No work

(2) Inner work:
- Meditation 15min [Done]
- "What did I do today to be a man?"
- Expand on my inner game problems [Done]

(3) Dating:
- Ask if I can shadow Jason so I can see Kai [Ended up meeting them for dinner]
-
Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling [Still trying]

(4) Health:
- Good diet [Done]
- Good Hydration, Add creatine to the water [Fail]
- Wake up early and get light exposure [Done]

(5) Other:
- Download the next book: Laws of human nature [Done]
- Write learnings from 48 laws of power [Fail]
Yesterday wasn't a good day, my stomach got upset on Friday and I had diarrhea ever since. It zapped all my energy and I spent most of the day recovering.

Dating:

I refiected a lot on what happened on the date, on my handling of the shit test with your feedback and on my inner game problem. I will mostly speak of the latter.
Thinking back on this night, I got frustrated that I just shut down like that. Couldn't escalate or show intent. I have found my ultimate sticking point, the one that caused most of the other ones I dealt with: the feeling of being unworthy of sex and a fear of taking any more risks.
I found myself being less and less empathetic towards myself on this, which is not good. Like what the fuck dude. how many times are you going to cuck yourself like that, she was down too. It's getting embarrassing at this point.
The emotional reaction I got was incredibly strong, smoking up made it stronger.
I took the time to dive into that problem yesterday, I was able to deal with some of it through self-reflection and released a lot of emotions. I plan on journaling about it today while on my flight and I have a therapy session on Thursday.

Who knows how long it will take me to get over this, I am just thankful that dating apps are working for me which gets me 1 date a week. I have cucked 7 dates so far, if I had to get these dates from day game (Like a lot of people in NYC do) it would have taken me months if not years to get this far.

As the year goes on, I can see my quality from apps going down. I am considering paying for HingeX. They claim that it will 3X my dates but I am not sure if this is true. I want to take the risk but my current Hinge+ membership ends on the 6th of December and I am leaving to Canada on the 15th. It might have to wait for next year.

Health-wise:

- I am considering not eating protein at work but instead prep them at home myself. I don't have control over what they put in the food and that is especially true for meats. I can't have heavy spices, refined oils, garlic and a list of other things. I am thinking of meal prepping 1-2kg of chicken over the weekend and freeze them for the week. Get a salad/rice bowl at work and add my chicken on the side. I could take it a step further and even make healthy deserts to hedge against my sugar cravings.
This is still in brainstorming-phase, I found a few recipes I want to try. Will need to perfect the recipe and ingredients before I mass produce them for the week
Breakfast at work isn't a problem, it's the same every day and I found something that worked there.

A reminder for myself that the best diet I can have is the Keto Paleo keto diet. So I need to cut refined carbs, sugars, fruits.
I am far away from that, I am not willing to commit fully to this diet but I will cut these down a bit. The biggest offenders are: Fruits (Cantaloupe), deserts (mochi/brownie) and white rice (should switch to brown)

- I am also considering increasing my intake of Calcium D glucarate, I am at 1g per day at the moment but should make it to 1.5-2g. I can just buy the powdered form and put it in my drink. I also read mixed things about milk thistle for Gilbert syndrome, will need to look into it a bit more. Finally, i also want to increase my IM glutathione intake to 600mg a day ideally along with my omega 3

Other:

Saw Kai and Jason in the evening, I wanted to get dinner with them but I was there late. I was also so low energy lol

Met some other guys from the group, it's crazy how fast they come and go. There's always a new influx of people and it was nice to see them before my trip today.
Kai wants to test his new program on Jason and I. I gave him a link to this forum thread and to my surprise he's reading every single post. Thank you for your help coach Kai. I'm aways there for you 🫡
 
Monday 11th November:


(1) Work
  • Get on my flight to San Francisco and arrive at my hotel
  • Monitor my rollout

(2) Inner work:
  • Meditation 15min
  • "What did I do today to be a man?"
  • Expand on my inner game problems

(3) Dating:
  • Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling
  • Listen to part of Derek's date audio

(4) Health:
  • Good diet
  • Good Hydration. Add creatine to the water
  • Wake up early and get light exposure
(5) Other:
  • Write learnings from 48 laws of power
  • Listen to the laws of human nature
 
Monday 11th November:


(1) Work
  • Get on my flight to San Francisco and arrive at my hotel [Done]
  • Monitor my rollout [Done]

(2) Inner work:
  • Meditation 15min [Fail]
  • "What did I do today to be a man?"
  • Expand on my inner game problems [Done]

(3) Dating:
  • Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling
  • Listen to part of Derek's date audio [Done]

(4) Health:
  • Good diet [Done]
  • Good Hydration. Add creatine to the water [Fail]
  • Wake up early and get light exposure [Done]
(5) Other:
  • Write learnings from 48 laws of power [Fail]
  • Listen to the laws of human nature [Fail]
Yesterday was a good day. Had some productive time on the plane, reflected on my inner game problems.

Nothing much to add, will spend this week focusing on work, inner work and my diet
 
Tuesday 12th November:


(1) Work
  • Work presentation
  • Monitor rollout and brainstorm why it's not getting results
  • Release Setid and bind

(2) Inner work:
  • Meditation 15min
  • "What did I do today to be a man?"
  • Self journal on inner game

(3) Dating:
  • Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling
  • Listen to part of Derek's date audio
(4) Health:
  • Good diet
  • Good Hydration
  • Wake up early and get light exposure
(5) Other:
  • Write learnings from 48 laws of power
  • Listen to the laws of human nature
 
Tuesday 12th November:


(1) Work
  • Work presentation [Done]
  • Monitor rollout and brainstorm why it's not getting results [Fail]
  • Release Setid and bind [Fail]

(2) Inner work:
  • Meditation 15min [Done]
  • "What did I do today to be a man?"
  • Self journal on inner game [Fail]

(3) Dating:
  • Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling
  • Listen to part of Derek's date audio [Done]
(4) Health:
  • Good diet [Done]
  • Good Hydration [Done]
  • Wake up early and get light exposure [Done]
(5) Other:
  • Write learnings from 48 laws of power [Fail]
  • Listen to the laws of human nature [Fail]
Today was a good day with a lot of realizations.

1- I was too anxious presenting today. It was in front of 100-ish people including my director. The anxiety wasn't as bad as historically, I usually get stomach symptoms when stress gets really bad. It was definitely the type of anxiety that prevents me from opening up or being myself.
This shows that I have a way to go but I hope one day I will be able to do stuff like this with no worries
2- Listening to Derek's date audio, he seems to give a good amount of compliments. Some small ones when he starts the approach followed with bigger ones later on like "Oh sorry I wasn't listening, I was busy admiring you". (1 compliment per 10min so far)
I am not sure how I feel about this, it feels like putting her on a pedestal but I am curious about what you guys think
3- My colleagues cucked me with my sleep time. I went to dinner with them pretty late but I was planning on doing inner work and following my New York timezone. I enjoyed my conversation with them but I am sleeping an hour late today :/
4- Eating food still makes me tired sometimes unless I am perfect with my diet. I hope more supplementation and glutathione would help fix this. I will try it when I am back at New York


Decided on a schedule to stop my antidepressant, feels like it's making me lazy and slowing down my progress.
I am taking 15mg so from the first of December:
- 11.25mg for 2weeks
- 7.5mg for 2weeks
- 3.5mg for 2weeks

If I don't get any symptoms after a decrease for more than a week, I will speed it up.
 
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Wednesday 13th November:


(1) Work
  • Monitor rollout and brainstorm why it's not getting results
  • Monitor setid/bind stats
  • Create excel sheet for rollout

(2) Inner work:
  • Meditation 15min
  • "What did I do today to be a man?"
  • Self journal on inner game

(3) Dating:
  • Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling
  • Listen to part of Derek's date audio
(4) Health:
  • Good diet
  • Good Hydration
  • Wake up early and get light exposure
(5) Other:
  • Write learnings from 48 laws of power
  • Listen to the laws of human nature
 
Wednesday 13th November:


(1) Work
  • Monitor rollout and brainstorm why it's not getting results [Done]
  • Monitor setid/bind stats [Done]
  • Create excel sheet for rollout [Fail]

(2) Inner work:
  • Meditation 15min [Fail]
  • "What did I do today to be a man?"
  • Self journal on inner game [Done this morning]

(3) Dating:
  • Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling
  • Listen to part of Derek's date audio [Done]
(4) Health:
  • Good diet [Fail]
  • Good Hydration [Done]
  • Wake up early and get light exposure [Done]
(5) Other:
  • Write learnings from 48 laws of power [Fail]
  • Listen to the laws of human nature [Fail]
Yesterday was an okay day. Did a lot of progress at work, the project went from not on track to on track.
My diet wasn't ideal, being in another country makes it hard to control my diet. Will be on top of it today
 
Thursday 14th November:


(1) Work
  • Create excel sheet for rollout
  • Fix bind armor
  • Rollout next phase of armors

(2) Inner work:
  • Meditation 15min
  • "What did I do today to be a man?"
  • Therapy

(3) Dating:
  • Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling
  • Listen to part of Derek's date audio
(4) Health:
  • Good diet
  • Good Hydration
  • Wake up early and get light exposure
  • Coaching with Kai
(5) Other:
  • Write learnings from 48 laws of power
  • Listen to the laws of human nature
  • Looking for some colored contact lenses. May help with day game
 
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Thursday 14th November:


(1) Work
  • Create excel sheet for rollout [Done]
  • Fix bind armor [Fail]
  • Rollout next phase of armors [Done]

(2) Inner work:
  • Meditation 15min
  • "What did I do today to be a man?"
  • Therapy [Done]

(3) Dating:
  • Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling
  • Listen to part of Derek's date audio [Done and Finished]
(4) Health:
  • Good diet [Fail]
  • Good Hydration [Done]
  • Wake up early and get light exposure [Done]
  • Coaching with Kai [Done]
(5) Other:
  • Write learnings from 48 laws of power [Almost Done]
  • Listen to the laws of human nature
  • Looking for some colored contact lenses. May help with day game
I disappeared for a few days because of lack of energy. Took a day to rest and recover. Need to pay more attention to my diet.

Inner game:
I did some self journaling and had my therapy session. I worked out a lot of my sticking point and I am ready to get back into dating when I am back.

Coaching with Kai:
- I was given a new workout routine focused on endurance and health. 3x 20min of cardio per week along with 15min of stretching. I am starting this new routine tomorrow and will report on how I am doing. First I need to get it to 2x 20min per week and note how my energy levels and performance is doing.
Because I have health issues and bad endurance, I am not sure how well I will do yet
- I was given a different diet, no carbs until evening. This is a problem because I get a good amount of sugar cravings during the day. Especially because of my antidepressant which increases my hunger. Thankfully I plan on cutting my antidepressant starting in December.
I also would not be able to follow this new diet before I go back to New York on Thursday.

Health:
Looked into light therapies and decided to invest into both blue light and red light therapy. I ordered them and will share more information when I get them
 
Sunday 17th November:
(1) Work
  • Fix scribe host profiles
(2) Inner work:
  • Meditation 15min
  • "What did I do today to be a man?"
(3) Dating:
  • Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling
(4) Health:
  • Good diet
  • Good Hydration
  • Wake up early and get light exposure
  • 20min cardio + 15min stretching
(5) Other:
  • Write learnings from 48 laws of power
  • Listen to the laws of human nature
  • Looking for some colored contact lenses. May help with day game
 
Sunday 17th November:
(1) Work
  • Fix scribe host profiles [tried]
    Realized that my solution won't work, need to talk to my lead about this.
(2) Inner work:
  • Meditation 15min [Soon]
  • "What did I do today to be a man?"
    Coaching with CMU university
(3) Dating:
  • Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling
(4) Health:
  • Good diet [Done]
  • Good Hydration [Done]
  • Wake up early and get light exposure [Done]
  • 20min cardio + 15min stretching [Done]
(5) Other:
  • Write learnings from 48 laws of power [Done]
  • Listen to the laws of human nature [Fail]
  • Looking for some colored contact lenses. May help with day game [Fail]

Today was my first day with my new workout routine and It went great. I was able to do 20min of HIT cardio cycling. I had to take a few minutes here and there when the workout got demanding though. I got a dip of energy aftewards but felt great, will have another one in the week and monitor how I am feeling

Coaching with CMU went super well, I got my 5-6 month task of getting into boxing, watching peaky blinders and continue my reading. I am excited to do all these and grow.
Looking back I feel like the innocent part of me has definitely faded. I'm changing for the better but some part of me will miss this old me. Need to reflect on that don't want to stay attached to something that needs to die
 
Monday 18th November:
(1) Work
  • Fix scribe host profiles
  • Fix bind detector
  • Rollout TCP close
(2) Inner work:
  • Meditation 15min
  • "What did I do today to be a man?"
(3) Dating:
  • Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling
(4) Health:
  • Good diet
  • Good Hydration
  • Wake up early and get light exposure
(5) Other:
  • Find a poster for the 48 laws of power
  • Listen to the laws of human nature
  • Looking for some colored contact lenses. May help with day game
 
Monday 18th November:
(1) Work
  • Fix scribe host profiles [Fail]
  • Fix bind detector [Done]
  • Rollout TCP close [Done]
(2) Inner work:
  • Meditation 15min [Fail]
  • "What did I do today to be a man?"
(3) Dating:
  • Try to get the audio of the CMU coaching call. I want to take notes on objection handling
(4) Health:
  • Good diet [Done]
  • Good Hydration [Done]
  • Wake up early and get light exposure [Done]
(5) Other:
  • Find a poster for the 48 laws of power [Fail]
  • Listen to the laws of human nature [Fail]
  • Looking for some colored contact lenses. May help with day game [Fail]
Had an interesting conversation with my uber driver. Said he would go to Brazil for months to cold approach and fuck lol. Said that he would wait for a girl to give him a smile then he would approach her, tell her that she's pretty and take her for dinner. Said that they were taken aback at first but then he will follow it up by asking them to teach him Portuguese while on the date. Said that sex in basically guaranteed after/before the dinner and that if they didn't have chemistry, the girl usually referred him to her friends. This is ridiculous, imagine this happening in New York.
Asked him how did he approached before learning Portuguese from these girls, said he would go to places called 'terma' which are like prostitution hubs in brazil and pay 50$ to bang. They spoke some english so he learnt Portuguese from them.
He told me that he stayed for so long that his visa expired after 90 days and he had to leave to the Dominican republic before coming back. He saw this gorgeous girl sitting with a bunch of 6'3 guys and a few girls, so he waited for her to leave the group and asked her for her number. The girl shows up on the first date with a man and a women. The guy was her uncle and he carried a gun, the women was her mom. Apparently they were worried about the girl's safety and they stayed with them for the whole first date. The girl is now his wife and he convinced her to move to California with him after a few months.
This story is crazy. The guy isn't even good looking, he's like a 5'7 average guy. I don't think he's fucking with me but I'm not sure. He asked me to tip him and after these crazy stories, I did.


I have a lot of sugar cravings at the moment and I blame my mirtazapine. I think I will start my withdraw when I come back to NYC. I have a new diet to follow but I can't resist the cravings lol. Stopping this will take me 1.5-2 months so might as well get it started
 
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Tuesday 19th November:
(1) Work
  • Fix scribe host profiles
  • Rollout KML & BPF
(2) Inner work:
  • Meditation 15min
  • "What did I do today to be a man?"
(3) Dating:
  • Swipe on hinge
(4) Health:
  • Good diet
  • Good Hydration
  • Wake up early and get light exposure
(5) Other:
  • Find a poster for the 48 laws of power
  • Listen to the laws of human nature
  • Looking for some colored contact lenses. May help with day game
 
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