It occurs to me that I haven't given any updates on my pick-up progress in the last couple of months (although the telephone interview is tagged as "pick-up updates", that's because the experience struck me as being relevant to my pick-up project, not actually a part of that (ongoing) saga).
I haven't forgotten the project, and it is still something that is active in my mind and on my agenda. However, for the past 9 or 10 weeks I have just been finding other things to be fulfilling and worthy of investing my effort and attention into them.
It doesn't help that I seem to be really short on suitable locations for pick-up approaches that are in easy reach of my home. Opportunities just don't arise a lot for me, and introversion is undoubtedly a major drawback when it comes to socialising (in that, I just don't enjoy it a lot of the time!) Then there are the shortening days and colder weather that take some of the oomph out of going out rather than staying in.
None of which is reason to give up, or to stop trying. Just because something is hard to do, does not man it can't be done, and does not mean that there is no value in making the effort. At the moment, however, my efforts are focussed elsewhere.
This seems to be going for internet dating as well. In the past couple of weeks, I have become less regular about visiting the sites where I'm a member (including the BDSM ones), and this is because I have been spending my time on other projects and things. I don't know for sure when this will turn around, but I suspect it will not be until the new year, because it seems unwise to try contacting a load of new people when I'm about to go away to spend time with my family over the Christmas/New Year period - I don't know what the internet access will be like, but I don't really plan to be online while I'm away (although possibly playing video games on my own when the socialising gets too much for me).
So all-in-all, this may be a slow period for my dating/pick-up explorations. Here's to hot dates in 2012!
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