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Hello all! It’s been a few weeks, and I wanted to give a little update. Lately, I’ve been recovering from burnout, continuing to search for a job, and rethinking a few areas of this blog. The past few weeks have included applying for unemployment, getting denied, appealing the decision, and then… crickets. On top of that, there has been more job searching, more applications, and a lot of reading. I’ve been working through The Secret Language of Work, which is a very good book

The search for a job continues! There is one possible lead, but waiting to hear back is difficult. While continuing my search, I figured that now would be the best time to read The Secret Language of Work by Erin McGoff. It’s written by a former HR expert explaining all of the “trade secrets,” such as what companies are really asking when they want to know your greatest weakness. It has been on my to-be-read list for a while, but only because I had to wait for it to come out.

This week, one could say my life got turned upside down. But maybe it didn’t. Here’s the scoop. I got fired. To be honest, I wasn’t planning on being there forever, but I also wasn’t planning on leaving as soon as I did. I will say this much. Part of it was deserved, and part of it, the larger part of it, was pure autistic burnout. And regular burnout too, I’m sure. But being autistic makes certain things harder for me than they would be for the average neurotypical person. A

I don't know if I should be writing this now, because I don't think I'm over it just yet. Let me put it this way - Often times when you are mad at someone, to an extent, you are also mad at yourself. If you have had wounds in the past related to shame, humiliation, and embarrassment - then when something happens and those feelings rise up again it can be hard to get rid of them. But sometimes, you can't get rid of them. Sometimes, you have to sit there and work through them a

Boy, what to write. I don't have a particular angle here, no soapbox to get on top of to passionately rant about whatever my topic of interest is this week. So instead, here's an update of current events. Over the past few weeks, I've noticed a change in myself. I've been able to nip bad habits in the bud before fully engaging in them, I've been able to reason with myself and fully believe said reasoning. I'm not getting nearly as angry or emotional as I used to about certain

There are some parts of being human that seem small on the surface but end up carrying more weight than you’d expect. Small talk is one of those things. For a long time, I mostly saw it as repetitive and shallow. Just a series of predictable questions and socially acceptable answers that people cycled through without really meaning them. “Hi, how are you?” “Good, how are you?” “What do you do?” “How’s work?” It all felt a little mechanical to me, like everyone was participati

When support only comes naturally for the easiest stories to understand, something deeper is being revealed. Recently, I watched a video of a couple celebrating the arrival of their beautiful new baby girl, Franchesca, who was just two months old. They had walked through years of infertility before finally deciding to pursue adoption, and seeing their stunned, overjoyed faces—and the pure excitement from their family—really touched my heart. And it got me thinking. The more I

No one is coming to save you. Jesus already did. And those little moments in between the social events — the moments when you wake up in the morning and put your feet on the floor, the moments when you wonder why your life still isn’t where you want it to be — those are the moments you are responsible for. While you faithfully bide your time, waiting for the deep friendship you long for — the kind of friendship that takes years to build — you are still responsible for what yo

Something that has been on my mind recently is potential. When we see a young person make art or get good grades in school, we say they have potential. When someone does something wrong or disappointing, we say they had so much potential. The dictionary defines potential as: existing in possibility; capable of development into actuality. I define it as...