It's all cumulative--success in one area of your life carries over into other aspects of your life. I spend probably around 10 hours a week in venues with the
main purpose of meeting girls--so around 11% of my waking hours (assuming 112 waking hours in a week). But this also, for me, qualifies as general recreation & socialization (I often go out with people from various social groups). And it's not like that's not time spent as an investment in myself.
When I first started getting success with cold approach, I realized that I didn't need money or career prestige or a preexisting social network/peer approval to get laid regularly (which is, let's be honest, the reason most guys work as hard & as long as they do). I was also forced to confront Fear of Failure & Fear of Success and to view myself as someone who takes action/risks. Those three factors led to me quitting my day job and going to work for myself, taking up a part time gig to cover any nonnegotiable expenses that couldn't be guaranteed by the particular line of work I chose. Had I not taken that initial plunge, I could've spent
years grinding away at some job I didn't even like to have enough external confidence to sell myself as a good provider.
But the general breakdown for my weekly time budget is:
- 65 hours working (40 for me, ~25 for a company)
- 10 hours a week meeting new girls
- 4 hours a week with girls I'm already seeing
- 8 hours a week exercising
- 10 hours a week working on a hobby that I think I'll eventually be able to monetize
- That still leaves me with 16 hours for eating, hanging out with friends, reading, wasting time on the internet (my biggest waste, by far). I don't have time to watch TV but that's about the biggest sacrifice I've had to make to keep my life abundant with women.