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Recent content by Unexpected_who_me?

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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    Yes, breaks one's heart to see so much potential/brain power going to waste, when it could have gone a different way. A lot of it is family driven. Kids cannot escape the construct (the matrix) they are born into. They cannot see or imagine a future beyond it. I also don't understand the...
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    Yes, tutoring is so rewarding and I've been doing it on the side since high school. :)
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    Get out of corporate is #1 :)! Then tutor math online as much as I need/want (hubby has his own online gig) and live on a budget in MX (which is much easier than in US) till 59.5 when we can withdraw from 401K without penalty. Money can grow in 401K for 10 yrs... Then get social security...
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    I agree, but my problem is that for me numbers are numbers, while for the people I work with it is business (with all its stupid/illogical jargon that comes with it), $$$, maximizing profits for a large insurance company. So not only I don't care about their profits or about insurance, but all...
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    Your description of waitressing is actually very helpful for meetings too - I can see concentrating on a button in the zoom call, or on a post-it by the laptop where I can write something that is calming. I always tend to open the participants pane and it feels like there are hundreds of people...
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    Ronald, wow, that is amazing! And very inspiring! I will check the threads and learn as much as I can about autism.
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    Ronald, I have spent countless years introspecting, reading about career, doing interest vs skills checklists and tests, employing life coaches, volunteering, applying and going for interviews. I feel I failed completely in finding work that would suit me, where I would feel ok (aka not 100%...
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    Interests and what pays the bills is different - I don't have any interest in math but after retiring from corporate I plan to tutor math online (which I can do from anywhere in the world). Having US students that pay in US $ for it makes for some extra income, which will be much needed. I...
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    Thank you! :)
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    I will check on my HR website to see what accommodations are available. I haven't told anyone at work yet, and Im not sure if I should or not (but obviously, if there are things they do to help even self-diagnosed people then I won't say no to those). Thank you, great idea! :)
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    Awesome - that's a great clue, VictorR - the "unpredictability" of work. So true, dealing with so many people, at so many levels, with meetings that pop out of nowhere with no agenda and not knowing when I'll be put on the spot, unprepared (to my standards). Thank you so much for opening my eyes...
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    Thank you, Rasputin, for validating how I feel and sharing! I struggle with the question "can I even last another year?" - because everyday it feels I can't last till the end of that day...big sigh of relief every day that passes! I have a white board where I wrote the paycheck days for the next...
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    Thank you, Magna, for sharing that you feel the same! Noted - I will keep mentioning that I am self-diagnosed. Do many autistic people feel heightened anxiety in the workplace? I cannot understand yet why, what exactly makes me hate it so much... feeling guilty that I should be grateful for...
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    Love the quote! Yes, I love trees and they calm and soothe me so much.
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    New here - female 48, just self-diagnosed

    Hello. A week ago I had an accountability meeting at work (corporate) and after that out of nowhere I heard myself saying "I must be autistic!" - I was fed up with the 1-2 months anxiety before the meeting and the sweating before and during the zoom call, while the rest of 15 people had no...
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