okay so, as someone who has struggled with this my entire life but has recently married these concepts together let me try to give some insight. i truly thought i would never be able to find a personally rewarding job that i am good at and can tolerate well. i resigned myself to a lifetime of taking what i could get while constantly searching for that elusive role at a company that didn’t seem to exist.
the way i found my current job was simply by never giving up. i wish there were more to it. it was merely a matter of time moving forward plus the amount of searching and applying i did on a semi-regular basis. basically, never stop trying to find a job that benefits you as a whole. it’s likely out there and close by but incredibly difficult to obtain because everyone wants it. everyone wants the kind of job you’re searching for. your competition is large but it could always be your turn next.
i work for a business that gives back to my community. it is an amazing feeling knowing that i contribute to something people depend on and does good for the people in this city. i wish everyone had a job with purpose and meaning instead of meaningless tasks that only serve to make some asshole richer.
keep searching! always believe you deserve better because you do.
What if I hate all jobs?
i meannnnnn.. that’s fair. so do i lol. but my job serves the community so it seems more like a service i’m willingly providing than anything. we don’t need “jobs,” we need fulfilling labor that benefits the whole.
Write lots of poems, find somewhere to exchange sprogs for your local currency.
I wonder what the "I" on the top left means.
Square root of negative one
individuality
Probably 'Me'
Being diagnosed with autism at 40 didn’t help, wish I knew I had it sooner.
I was considering going in for a diagnosis, but this happened: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-autism-study-medical-records/
It has been walked back, but the fact that they tried is enough of a warning for me.
https://autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/hhs-walks-back-autism-registry-plans/
Yeah I literally got my diagnosis (without even really seeking one out) a week or so before RFK announced his database.
Oh well, fuck him. I’m not gonna let that asshole rob me of my mental health journey.
What would you do differently? So I can benefit from your hindsight.
anxiety meds, not beat myself up for feeling dead inside/the same level of emotions everyone else has (e.g. not crying when relatives die irl but crying at some movies), adhd meds instead of trying to rawdog curbing my procrastination with mindfulness and pomodoros and beating myself up when it doesn’t work; know what stimming is/how to explain the odd noises to my neighbors in case they ever hear me talking to myself aloud, also how to explain why I walk on my toes. know what alexithmyia is and that your body can have panic attacks while thinking your mind is 100% calm, thus making you think you’re having a heart attack.
That’s a word vomit list of things; meds are the only things you need the diagnosis for/I don’t blame people for not pursuing an official diagnosis. But again I wish I knew sooner/I had seen more explicit depictions of autism in media other than movies (which I watch a lot of) like Rain Man or Mercury Rising.
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you guys are good at things?
