I really like autism to not be there for a day. Just one single day. I see others and Ii just wish I could be social like them. What sparked this post and idea is how I went to my Christmas staff party a few nights ago (yes hospitality workers do their parties after Christmas…
My 2026 Book Challenges for myself
As mentioned in my Hopes and Goals for 2026, I am trying to do better with reading as 2025 I was pretty rubbish at it and it's something I enjoy and a special interest. I figured let's start the year with a few simple challenges to help keep my love of reading alive and make…
My New Writing Schedule
As discussed in My Hopes and Goals for 2026 post, I am going to write a firm schedule that hopefully I will stick to and be able to keep. I will be posting 3 times a week (maybe just twice on busier weeks! Monday 8 PM GMT time, - Content will be a book review…
My Hopes and Goals for 2026
Hello everyone, hope you all had a merry Christmas and overall a good holiday season for whatever you do celebrate! Since it's the end of 2025 and 2026 is happening in the next 24 hours from writing this, it's always a good time for reflection and new goals. These are not resolutions as such as…
Being surrounded by people and still feel alone.
This post is all sparked off a Instagram story that @beckiejbrown posted about a day ago which I have screen-grabbed so you can read the caption. credit@beckiejbrown Firstly I really admire beckiejbrown, have been following her youtube and social media for many years and highly relate to her content as a fellow late diagnosed autistic…
Dealing with change and autism
Change and autism do not go well together. Right now I have lots of big new changes happening all at once, from moving house to changing jobs to change in career. It's alot and I have never felt good with change transitions or new things but I have some tips and things I do to…
Why it is so important to receive a diagnosis as an adult?
Recently a good friend of mine received a diagnosis after 4 years of waiting. I won't say whom or what their diagnosis was as that is their private information, however I am happy they received a diagnosis they have been waiting a long time for. This then created an interesting conversation around being diagnosised and…
My Top 15 Books of all time!
My friend at work recently asked me "what is your favourite book?" I did not answer very well and gave her a list of top 5 I could think of at that very moment of time while making drinks on the bar. This made me think I should write a blog answering my friends question…
Sometimes I just don’t want to be autistic…
Last night I did something different and I tried to go out with some work friends after shift and have a drink and be social as one of our team is leaving this week and it was her leaving drinks. I am proud I tried and I went. However it did result in a meltdown…
I love and hate being autistic.
I have two minds about being autistic, I both love and hate it. I hate it as it makes my life so unnecessarily hard. I cannot understand social situations like everyone else, I always feel like I am on the outside and I never understand what is happening. It's like a blur of people talking…