Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm not sure where mine is going. I always give up on my hopes and dreams. Would you say you've enjoyed your life so far? What was the best part so far? Where is yours heading? What do you see ahead of you? I'm curious more than anything and hoping that my spark will come back.
I hope you still have a lot of years ahead of you Old Timer.
Enjoy your whisky
Well now, this is an intriguing question and indeed quite a depressing one as I am at that age where I have more years behind me than in front. Quite depressing that. My life is heading to the journeys end as the locals used to say in my village.
I've had a bloody good life though and I am in reasonably good health with few regrets. I intend to enjoy myself before I reach the journeys end, and I shall raise a wee glass of whiskey to that right this second. Cheers.
Allyboo said:My experiences of being out in the bigger world and trying to fit in would probably make good comedy material from a distance, objectively
Yeah, I feel like I tried so hard, for so long, to 'fit in' as I was constantly told I must, growing up. I think my mum, when she was alive, was both embarrassed and disappointed that she had me for a daughter.
I kept trying for a long time, to be 'normal'. I kept going, although in retrospect, I really should have stopped sooner. If I hadn't been forcibly stopped, by catastrophic accident, I don't believe I would be alive now.
Now, I am thinking about myself as an autistic person, and it makes all the difference. Everything makes sense to me, now, and I am learning to appreciate myself, as an individual.
There's a current thread about ASD being a disability- well, that's true, in some ways for most people- but the thing is, I've always been as I am, knowing I'm autistic doesn't change those things, it doesn't make me either more or less disabled.
It is simply self-awareness, which I very badly needed for a long time. I am happy and relieved to finally understand
I want "I woz 'ere" on mine
Precisely.
"On a long enough timeline..."
.....not when I find out where it is.......I'll put a reindeer hat on it......sprinkle some hemp seeds on the patch.....and add a "Wot No Isperg" attachment to it.....you know the type, you're old enough.
ON mine I'm told it will read:
As in Life
The late
xxxxxx xxxxx
196x - 21xx
Hearty L O L - and yes, I fear you might be right.......although I journey towards the sunset with an attitude that will probably result in an air-vac ride to my final destination - LONG before I need nappies again. I live in hope.
PS - This autist was born with a defective doom mode........I have no button !
Statistically speaking, it's a lesson you will likely get to learn in time...
<doom mode off>
That is what I want on my grave marker.
Proper pi55ing prevents ponging pants. That's want I learnt - (not the hard way.)
Helpful as only a fellow Autist can be...
He's married to Christina Perri.
[Disambiguation - no he is not.]
Who's he?
Probably.
Ronan Keating was right!
That's like the six P's I leaned in the army
Proper Planning Prevents P155 Poor Performance.
I suspect you might already have changed your mind a few times since writing this 9 minutes ago !?
Freedom and self awareness = not a bad haul at this point mate !
Don't change (please)...but evolution is fair and unstoppable.
"Fail to prepare, prepare to fail"
I still fret as an adult that I have no plan....only cos I "see" a lot of others seem to have some semblance of a plan. I'm not them. And plans change. Either way, if one does what's right for them as best they can at that particular time of their life, I don't think one can do any better. So this is my "plan". For now. I will probably change my mind on this at some point.
Thank you. It comes from childhood..
When I couldn't really talk properly I used to say I'm Tallywallywoo lol. I introduced myself to my preschool like that. It's made a fitting username.