Anything, but Ordinary

Every year I always tell myself that I’m going to do a bunch of things throughout the year, but I always get discouraged and I always think about how its never going to turn out the way I think it's going to and I never end up doing said things. I always think about the end result long before I even start whatever idea I have in my head. I always worked hard at whatever I did, but when I feel like I don’t get recognition or feedback, I start to doubt myself and I give up beca

Everyone has things they want to accomplish in life. We never know how much time we have. We want to make the most of the time we do have. Sometimes it feels like we won’t ever conquer everything we set our minds to and it discourages us from doing what we actually want to do. I think a lot of us are afraid to fail. We want to see success as soon as possible and when that doesn’t happen within the first few times we do it, we start to believe that we won’t ever reach that lev

I always wanted to be my own boss. I always wanted to be able to do something that I always wanted to and be able to do on my own terms and not have to take direction from anyone. I’ve never been a people person and working with people on a regular basis is overwhelming for me. I’ve never been the one to engage with co-workers or customers. I always had them come to me if they wanted to talk or ask a question. I want to be happy with what I’m doing and not have anxiety about

With all the love I have for anything Disney, you would think that working at Disneyland would be the perfect job. Possibly a dream job. Over the years, I have thought about whether working at the wonderful world of Disney would be a good fit. On one hand, I would be able to meet people who share a love of Disney, but on the other hand, it would become just a job and not a passion. After a while, the novelty of working there would go away and I would dread being there because

You would think that since I’m awake at 4:00 in the morning, working the graveyard shift would be perfect. Get paid to stay up all night, but after a while, it really started to take its toll. Since I worked during the night, I would sleep all day and because of that, I felt that there weren't enough hours in the day to get the things I needed to get done before I had to take a nap before heading to work for my 12am shift. It was challenging because as much as I liked the id

I follow the rules. If you tell me not to do something, I won’t do it. Depending on the situation, I may tweak the rules to make it work, but if you know me, you know that I am by the book. If the rules aren’t being followed, I feel guilty about it, especially if it will affect me later on, but sometimes I think breaking them once in a while could be a good thing. It could help you or someone else. Driving is a good example of following the rules. They are there for a reason

I never knew I needed a routine until I didn’t have one anymore. Going to school until I was 18 years old was my routine. When I graduated in 2006, I realized that I needed something. I needed to do the same thing everyday. Being able to do something everyday is something that a person with autism/aspergers can control. It could be the smallest thing like getting the mail from the mailbox, going to the coffee shop at the same time everyday or if someone is able to, going to w

Nobody expected 2020 to go to hell. A new year is supposed to be for new beginnings, a fresh start, but within weeks, the year turned to be a year we’re all going to remember and not for anything good. When I started to read about what was happening, I thought that it was just within certain areas of the world. Nobody expected to be anything serious. I thought that people were just over reacting and that they were just acting like it was the end of the world. Especially when

We look at the world in a different way. We have our own way of navigating. It may not be the same as you, but we’ll get there when we get there. We are compassionate, creative, intelligent and loyal. We can do so much when given the chance. We want to be able to show the world what we can do. I know people look down on others who are different from themselves. They don’t know what they can’t explain. People may think they know everything there is about Aspergers and Autism,

I knew that my classmates looked at me differently and I knew that they sensed there was something about me that they couldn’t figure out. I had a feeling that teachers knew something, but were either too afraid to ask or didn’t have the skills at the time to really handle whatever they thought was going on. Even from an early age, I knew I was different. I always felt weird and out of place. I felt like nobody understood me. As I got older, I kept to myself and didn’t bothe