Pickup Blogs

Big and I decided around a year ago we wanted to start a Project in Boston. We had been looking at apartments for months, and due to the crazy Boston renting environment, we started way too late and the only options we were stuck with were overpriced/shitty locations. We kept it up though, and we found an amazing apartment, but we needed another roommate. We had recently met Funkfish and we quickly decided to move in together.

The three of us decided that if we wanted to really get this part of our lives handled, we were going to do it together and do it for real. I don’t think any of us actually understood what it would really be like. Shortly into the experience, Entropy moved in. (And by the way, it doesn’t really feel like a Project until you have someone living on your couch.)

So here’s a quick list of pros/cons.

Pro: You live pick up, pick up theory, every female interaction we have is overscrutinized, we never go more than a few hours without talking something pick up related.
Con: You live pick up, pick up theory, every female interaction we have is overscrutinized, we never go more than a few hours without talking something pick up related.

Pro: You always have wings and shit to do. Random and crazy nights happen when you least expect them to.
Con: You see each other all the time (in the house and out), and frankly, there are times when you just want to get away from each other.

Pro: You might have an anal retentive roommate who constantly cleans up.
Con: You might have an anal retentive roommate who constantly asks YOU to clean up.

Pro: You break down many paradigms of game, you get an entirely new perspective of game and people from your roommates, and you experience faster breakthroughs.
Con: Pick up overload – it becomes exhausting, more like a chore, and less fun than it ever used to be because of the constant scrutinizing and natural tendency to become results focused.

Pro: Your couch becomes another source of income.
Con: Lack of privacy because someone lives on your couch (or because you live on the couch).

Pro: Lots of different friends and opportunities to meet new people, throw parties, etc.
Con: Throwing GOOD parties gets expensive, dirty, and take lots of time to prepare for.

Pro: You make pick up a goal in your life because the in-house successes are intoxicating, and all of you want to go out and get better together.
Con: This makes you stress pick up too much and you lose sight of your passions, career/school, other goals – this leads to an unbalanced life.

Con: There will be drama. Drama over a girl two of you sarged, over bills/rent, jealousy when your roommates’ are having more success than you, etc. This shit is inevitable, it’s how you deal with it.
Pro: Learning how to deal with drama, learning how to deal with different personalities, and discovering how you personally deal with stress.

The major thing I’ve taken away from this thing is that having more people in your place than you have rooms for is not a good idea (unless your place is huge), and not one I plan on repeating any time soon no matter what the income or skill level of prospective tenant (but never say never, ha!).