Trying to get into the dating scene again.

I’m 38(m) and I’ve been single for 15 years now. During high school (Australia, so I left final year at 17yrs old) I had a few gf, after school I turned ladies man until I was 21, then I met ‘Kelly’, I moved from my parents house and we rented a place of our own. We stayed together for 3 years until she split. And now we are here… In the past 15yrs I’ve been unlucky in finding a partner which is a real kick in the guts. Been on dates and things in that time but they all lead nowhere. To be honest I gave up trying for about 6 years because my confidence has pretty much fucked off from all the rejections or the attempts that went nowhere. Now, I’m not saying I’m perfect or anything either, I have faults and shit like that, so I hope this doesn’t seem like a pity party or anything. I now feel like I’m ready to try again but I honestly don’t know where to start with it. Online dating is weird to me because I don’t know how to really do the bios without seeming like I’m talking myself up or maybe I see myself differently to how I actually am, and trying to talk to women when I’m out is hard for me because of the confidence thing.

I’m not just here to try and get advice to just get laid, I’m not really bothered about that too much.

Any advice on where I should start or how to build some confidence would be greatly appreciated.