>>15399045It's not about sex or travel. Essentially the problem is I discovered true happiness and lost it.
When you aced a difficult problem at work, then hit the gym, and then can go out with a woman that you love and your dog for a walk, and you all play together, joke and are genuinely happy, that gives you a level of fulfilment no tropical island or hooker with vacuum for a mouth can give. It goes beyond happiness and moves into this long lasting sustainable joy/fulfilment, that stays with you for days and weeks.
This is why it's hard to do it like
>>15399063says. I used to pass this stat check often, but nowadays it's almost impossible to get in a proper headspace to pick girls up, because... not even because of lack of confidence but the feeling of tiredness, of being spent. Girls can feel it, and noone else than desperate 30yo want to hook up with me. And most of them really leave a lot to be desired - never working out, not improving themselves in any way, giving up at the first sight of trouble. I meet such girls and I just feel more and more tired.
