So,...you're asking a bunch of autistics what phases or special interests they have had over the years? I am 56 years old,...how much time do I have to write all this down and how much time do you have to read it?
Just a small sample:
1. When I was in middle school and high school,...boxing, weightlifting, football, track and field events. Basically, anything athletic that made me stronger and faster than the other kids. A big self-esteem booster and the other kids didn't dare tease me. I didn't have to fight,...the other kids never challenged.
2. When I bought my own house in my 20's, I really got into my plant collections and aquariums. It all grew to the point where, at my second house, I put in a 300 gallon wall aquarium in the living room. The plant collections seemed to change with location, interest, and physical space.
3. When I was in my 30's, I bought a 1989 Mustang, for the specific purpose of making it a "project car",...basically, making it as fast and powerful as I could on my budget. I learned how to build an engine, transmission, how to computer program, how to weld, and finally how to drive,...doing SCCA track events.
4. In my 30's and 40's, I got back into my weightlifting, and found some passion with competitive powerlifting. Eventually, competing at the national level, breaking and rebreaking some 11 US national records in 2 different weight classes.
5. In my 40's, I bought my 3rd house,...no room for the aquarium and no extra room for or money to work on the race car,...both had to go. Focused upon my plant collections, and for the past 10 years, or so, primarily on orchids from all over the world. In fact, the summer weather finally hit us here, so the orchids will go outside for the summer,...today's project.
