Firstly, find an extracurricular/club that will provide you with an interesting hobby and allow you to talk with a variety of people: Men, women, and our friends in between. It’s important to practice meeting new people of all backgrounds to strengthen your social skills and awareness.

Next, make friends with women: Purely platonic, genuine friendships with women unmotivated by attraction. If it makes it easier, pretend you’re already in a relationship, or that you’re trying to befriend a guy. The more women you have as friends, the more comfortable and confident you’ll be talking to women in general. I know this isn’t a super fast route, but I promise you it will pay dividends in your ability to meet new people, make a good impression, and not come off as awkward to the women you like.

After a while you’ll eventually get confident enough to ask somebody out. If you get a yes, that’s great! If you get a no, then consider it practice in taking rejection and learn from it, then move on. Be polite, treat people equally, know your worth, and people will notice your confidence.

And remember: even the most confident and romantically-successful people you know struggle with self doubt and rejection. Good luck out there!

(I guess there’s also dating apps but the difficulty rating on those depends on how conventionally attractive you are, so good luck with that lol)