Hey y’all. My life circumstances have changed pretty significantly in the last few months. I’m not yet ready to talk about the changes, though I will at some point when I feel able. Right now I’m spending most of my time handling the circumstances and trying to keep my head above water. That doesn’t lend itself well to introspection, loving communication, fairness, or maturity when discussing the changes and circumstances that led to them.
In the meantime, though, I’ve taken on a full time job. It’s not in a field I wanted, and sadly is not even slightly autism-related, but it will pay my bills and allow me to keep my living situation. But, it will cost me a significant amount of time. As such, this blog will be dropping down to once a week. I’ll keep making the Friday posts, which I feel are the most valuable to the average person.
When I started this blog, I wanted it to be a springboard into a career speaking and writing about autism. The fact is, if I’d started it ten years ago, that might have worked. These days you can’t just make quality content and expect people to find it. And that was my mistake. I don’t love marketing myself. I have a decidedly complex relationship with networking. And there are dozens, if not hundreds, of autistic adults out there trying to do the same thing.
I could argue that I’m probably one of the better-read ones, and as such deserve more limelight. But the fact is, I didn’t prioritize the advertising and marketing aspect of things, and didn’t get discovered by someone who really excels at such things. So (somewhat) predictably, I didn’t become popular.
I recognize the issue now, but unfortunately, I’m not in a position to capitalize on that knowledge. I still care very deeply about autism, advocacy, and education. That’s why I intend to continue this blog despite my impending lack of flex time and energy. But I have to be able to eat and have a roof over my head first.
You have my word that I’ll continue to provide thoughtful, useful, and valuable information about autism, life with autism, and other related subjects. My personal education on the subject is far from over. Autism is, after all, a spectrum. My experience is but one color in a brilliant rainbow of valid, fully human lives.
I hope you’ll continue on this journey with me. : )
realisticautistic 
I’ll continue the journey with you. Thank you for your posts!
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And your blog is a great example of selling the work and honouring and respecting other people’s so that we can all benefit.
“Right now I’m spending most of my time handling the circumstances and trying to keep my head above water. That doesn’t lend itself well to introspection, loving communication, fairness, or maturity when discussing the changes and circumstances that led to them.”
I felt that too, Sarah.
Any of the things you talk about in the “that doesn’t lend itself well” are challenging at the best of times…
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Thank you, Adelaide! Yeah, my personal circumstances are challenging before we even consider that 2020 happened and there’s still a pandemic and the currently adversarial nature of US politics. Plus more, really…
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