Let me be real honest here. No. Contact. WORKS. Flashback to October 2021, not too long ago. A girl & I had everything going great, then I fumble the bag with communication. I do all I can to apologize, talk to her through what went on. Nothing. Practically ghosts me. Come Christmas, of all holidays. I travel out of the country & notices & asks if I’m doing okay. My mistake was being hesitant then going head first into communicating with her again. We weren’t exactly dating, seeing each other in October. Texted every day, hours delay since we were in different countries at the time. I come back, communication is great. Meet up again, time out together goes great. Yet, I get into my head a little. Valentine’s rolls around & I was already on the verge of asking her on a REAL date. I flopped, she misunderstood, asked me if I meant a friend date/date DATE. And I pulled back hard. No clue how to answer, confidence was shaken & from outside I was told if she WAS into you she wouldn’t have asked that. Made another mistake here, I try to “bribe” her now that I’ve reflected with Valentine’s trinkets. The night of, driving over to her house, she was “too busy & couldn’t come to the phone.” Also made another mistake by saying to check her messages which was about the date & not about the Valentine’s stuff where I wanted to ask her “formally” on a date. So Valentine’s Day was also a flop. I pull back EVEN harder. She comes around & asks if everything’s okay, to which I reply yes (faulty communication here). I come back to try & work everything out. Says she’s busy with school (on an accelerated nursing degree program) to which I understand since I am entering nursing as well. Yet, you make time for the people that matter. Well boom, time wasn’t made & now we’re in unintentional No Contact. I made mistakes along the way & there’s a good chance from what I’ve been told, what I’ve read, what I’ve heard, & what is now my gut instinct that maybe she isn’t the right one or maybe she’s the right one wrong time. But I have to tell you, No Contact works. If she does end up coming back & I end up tying off my loose ends, great. The backlash of everything that happened is quite fresh & I have quaint dating experience, so not trying to be hard on myself, yet there were things I could improve on. Walk away, focus on you, your goals, your circle & the right person will join you on your journey, not make you question if you’re doing enough. Because you are enough & once you realize that, you’ll be better off. Cheers & well wishes to everyone on NC & thanks OP!