24M accountant, 6'3, physically fit, relatively handsome, and have a master's degree. I don't make much money rn which is why I'm trying to focus on myself and build my career which is promising. Quite frankly, even if I was to date now I wouldn't be able to do nice things or take a woman to fancy dates.
So I'm trying to focus on myself but it's extremely difficult. It doesn't help that I'm bipolar so I get pretty extreme urges. My friends all are chill about women… "when it comes, it comes". I'm quite depressed that I'm single also I use porn as an escape or I would go insane. Every time I go on a focus on myself phase, I fall back into the trap of going onto dating apps and approaching women (95% failure rate). Then I just become even more depressed and it's an endless cycle. I feel like I'm wasting my physical prime and 20s by not dating but it is also horrible out there. Can anyone advise?