
Gym. Also don’t compare yourself to girls online. The evolution brain study people say we really only track 150 people socially (based on the size of the frontal cortex), so this stuff about constantly seeing the top 1% of attractive people regularly is really counterproductive. If you take care of yourself fitness wise, make an effort to look as organically attractive as possible, you’ll likely find someone who appreciates what work you’ve done to get you to that point.
I was dating one for awhile, and she wasn’t always that pretty. There’s a bunch of tricks readily available to edit everything you see on the internet. You can have flaws, especially physical ones, there aren’t too many things guys aren’t willing to overlook if you’ve got a genuinely good heart. I like the gym because it says something about someone. People do cheat with drugs and all sorts of other nonsense, but a body that’s fit can’t really be bought, or stolen, or bargained for. And 1/2
Also OP, please don’t base your sense of self worth solely on how attractive you think you are to men, we are all made in the image of God, so your value in this world isn’t based on how much people would lust after you. Pretty people rarely have a realistic view of the world because people are constantly trying to fuck them. They tend to be really warped mentally. It’s when you seemingly have nothing to offer that people show you who they really are.
There’s no need to compare. Every guy is unique, just as every girl is unique. What matters is that you’re authentic to yourself (but don’t limit yourself at the same time to new things). What one person may find attractive, another may not. I feel you cause I relate to your issue a lot, I have a lot of things that I’m insecure about, but I try not to think about it cause I believe someone out there will be ok with those things and accept me for who I am.
So don’t compare… also that girl has on some thick make up, hair treatments, no shade to be thrown on her but, there’s something to be said for a girl who’s hair looks “healthy” no matter which color/length/curl she has naturally. That always puzzled me… why girls would treat their hair, make it look less healthy, and healthy hair looked better than anything treated.
Guys your age (I’m a grad student) aren’t terribly wise about choosing girlfriends/future wives. I’ve found it’s way wiser to pursue girls, long term, who would normally be considered “butterfaces” with great bodies. Men want to feel appreciated more than we wish to be understood, and girls of that type tend to appreciate me more.