People often say: "I can see the amazing benefits of converting to a gothic lifestyle, but how do I start?" Becoming a goth is a process that demands a lot of dedication, and taking that first step can be a little intimidating.

Fortunately, the Go Goth!™ program can help. Here's an easy first step that will really put you on the road to becoming a real goth.

All you have to do is pick a day, and dress like a goth. It doesn't have to be perfect, just do the best you can. Because modern society is so focused on appearances, people will soon begin to treat you like a Goth, an outsider. The feeling of exclusion, wariness, and isolation you feel is the natural state of all human beings, hidden from you until now by your powers of self-delusion. Yet there is a strange power in your loneliness.

Explore your world as a Goth. You will see things that your routine life never allowed you to perceive before. Don't fight the gloominess. Go to the cemetery and look at all the rows of stones marking the rotting remains of what were once human beings. This is the inevitable end of all life. You will feel the full awareness of what you shielded yourself from in your routine life: all life is pointless in the light of the certainty of death. Yet there is a strange power in your looming sense of doom.

At the end of the day, you can put your old clothes back on... but you may not want to. You could return to your regular life... but you will feel a new hunger for the subtle pleasures of gloom that you knew as a Goth. You may soon find that you slip into your Goth attire at every chance, and that your former life seems to be receding from you. You've taken an important first step, and you're ready to Go Goth!™.