My year is going very well. I had a marvelous time in Switzerland and now I’m planning my canoe trip. I’ve made a few new friends. I’m extremely happy to be living alone in my little house in the woods.
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Half way thru, how is this year going?
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I started this year out sicker than I ever have been in my life. It was scary, but I have since made a full recovery and am feeling so well. I’m going through this year facing quite a few challenges and uncertainties, but every single day I wake up grateful for my health.
I have been unemployed since my illness, and that does bring some major challenges, but I have been wholly focused on restoring my physical health and keeping my mental health strong. This is the healthiest I have ever been and no matter what challenges are swirling all around me, I am feeling so grateful for each day and content with my life just as it is.
I have been unemployed since my illness, and that does bring some major challenges, but I have been wholly focused on restoring my physical health and keeping my mental health strong. This is the healthiest I have ever been and no matter what challenges are swirling all around me, I am feeling so grateful for each day and content with my life just as it is.
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I myself had a crazy year, mostly in good ways. I finally finished driving school and got my probationary driver's license (now to wait for 2 years to get the one without any restrictions). Then I found a significant other who makes me feel happier in both my body and this cruel world. After that, I got into a car crash where I did a barrel roll - but both my SO and I survived and were mostly unharmed. Had my first trip in the ambulance car and in the police car.
I'm also more active now: hiking, camping (had my first camping trip this year - it was so much fun), jogging, playing badminton and ping-pong. I'm still going to therapy. Most of the time, it’s very life-affirming, sometimes eye-opening. Other days, I just want to come home, get under a blanket and disappear.
Hopefully I’ll get a raise this month, because I’m feeling incredibly insecure money-wise. I’m still living in my small studio apartment (it depresses me), and I’m not sure if I should buy a car, since it would take most of my savings.
I want to have more friends - both online and in real life - but while on some days I feel energetic and want to chat non-stop, on other days I just want to cut everyone off and not talk to anyone for months. In a way, that’s what happened on this forum: I lost all energy to socialize. While I was still lurking, I didn’t want to participate in discussions.
But I’m so thankful to be alive and (mostly) healthy. I strive to be a better person - for myself and for my SO. Still proudly vegan and queer.
I’ll be 30 this year. Somehow it feels both like a big deal and totally unimportant at the same time, because I’ve never really thought of age as something meaningful in people.
Glad to see that some people had a good first half of the year. Hopefully, those who didn’t will have a much better second half. Life is worth living.
I'm also more active now: hiking, camping (had my first camping trip this year - it was so much fun), jogging, playing badminton and ping-pong. I'm still going to therapy. Most of the time, it’s very life-affirming, sometimes eye-opening. Other days, I just want to come home, get under a blanket and disappear.
Hopefully I’ll get a raise this month, because I’m feeling incredibly insecure money-wise. I’m still living in my small studio apartment (it depresses me), and I’m not sure if I should buy a car, since it would take most of my savings.
I want to have more friends - both online and in real life - but while on some days I feel energetic and want to chat non-stop, on other days I just want to cut everyone off and not talk to anyone for months. In a way, that’s what happened on this forum: I lost all energy to socialize. While I was still lurking, I didn’t want to participate in discussions.
But I’m so thankful to be alive and (mostly) healthy. I strive to be a better person - for myself and for my SO. Still proudly vegan and queer.
I’ll be 30 this year. Somehow it feels both like a big deal and totally unimportant at the same time, because I’ve never really thought of age as something meaningful in people.
Glad to see that some people had a good first half of the year. Hopefully, those who didn’t will have a much better second half. Life is worth living.
It is good that you don't have to deal with ppl complaining about that all the time.
I find that tedious too.
Life is too short.
Shares are doing well over here, btw.
For me personally this year has been horrible. I don't want to go through all the reasons here but pretty much the only good things about the year for me have been games, my friends and my partner and one trip to the zoo. The rest has been a hectic mess. I'm looking forward to turning the calendar over to 2026
Locally, I'm making slow progress on some projects and getting over some traumas enough to look at trying to deal with others.
Generally, I'm watching all my hopes, dreams, and life's work get trashed in an attempt to make a tiny number of people richer than each other, while their history gets written into the geologic record with mass extinctions and pollution.
Generally, I'm watching all my hopes, dreams, and life's work get trashed in an attempt to make a tiny number of people richer than each other, while their history gets written into the geologic record with mass extinctions and pollution.
I have some sort of congenital back problem. I don't know what it's called. However, I am unable to stand or walk for more than a few minutes due to severe lower back pain. I've had several treatment interventions, including back surgery, but the pain continues. I say this to let the read know that I am mostly homebound and socio-physically isolated with the exception of using the internet. The year is going positively because of my meditation discipline and now that I have found Aspies Central. I knew that the internet can provide positive things but I didn't know that it could provide something so incredible as this web site!
joe2006
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The year started out with my family going on a cruise to Mexico. I got back and when I returned to work, my coworkers were giving me a hard time by making up strange rumors about me. They began going to the boss and making up things about me to make me look bad. After a few months, I got fired over one of those rumors because the boss believed one of the lies they said about me even though I told her it was not true. I spent the next month looking for jobs and finally found one working at a barbecue restaurant. They do not pay as well as my last job did, but the people there treat me a lot better. I had an interview for an IT Support job, but they decided not to hire me. I have also been taking an online class that teaches me how to design websites. Hopefully, when I get done I can get a job making websites.
Joe2006, wasn't there a way that you could protest your being fired? Besides, doesn't the company have rules as to how it can fire employees? Doesn't there have to be a "paper trail" of written complaints plus "warnings" before an employee can be fired? Anyway, best wishes in your new job where the environment is much more positive and where employees are more respectful of one another. How long does the online, designing websites class last? Will you get a diploma once you successfully complete the class? It would be helpful in you getting a job making websites, no?
joe2006
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This is a privately owned restaurant and the owner makes all the decisions. She never did any warnings and would usually let people do what they wanted. Then one day she started firing some people for different reasons. I guess the rumors people were saying about me got to her and she decided to fire me. I tried to explain the situation but she had already made up her mind. The website design class is a self paced class and I can complete it whenever I am ready. I am trying to do all the exercises slowly so I get as much out of the lessons as possible. Once I complete this class, I will get a certificate of completion and will be able to use this with my resume when start looking for jobs. I am trying to take as many classes as I can so I will have more opportunities available.
I think you are one phenomenal guy, joe2006!
It’s been a better year. No hospital stays, 7 months since the last one. Moved to a more appropriate house. More comfortable with my autism. Cut all contact with my dangerous drug affected son.
So this year has been better, safer. A year of more contentment and improved self respect.
So this year has been better, safer. A year of more contentment and improved self respect.
Reconnecting with an old friend surely has made this half of your year fairly positive, no?
I have memory problems but, let's see: my first half of this year. Maybe taking a look at my calendar might jog my memory. . . .
My husband's and my condo had been leased but the man who leased it died in the living room. The condo is in the States, in Kentucky, and we live in Quito, Ecuador. My son, however, lives within a couple of miles of the condo, went over there, found the man dead, sitting on the sofa, and called the police who removed the body. We decided leasing was too stressful, so we listed the condo for sale. It sold in only THREE weeks! We also owned a vehicle that was located in the garage of the condo. So, we sold it too. We were able to pay off all of our debts from both selling's. While in Kentucky selling the condo and car, I made and kept several doctors' appointments with the V.A. hospital in Cincinnati. Everything was okay. Tony and I took a three-week vacation and visited my hometown in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, visited in Dallas and Galveston, Texas, New Orleans, LA, Tuscaloosa, AL, and Nashville, TN. I filed a complaint against a horrible flight attendant. This outrageous experience was during Tony's and my United Airlines flight back to Quito, Ecuador from Cincinnati, OH. I continue being faithful with my meditation discipline which makes me noticeably more mindful, positive, and less stressful. Oh, and MOST importantly, I found the AspiesCentral.com website!
My husband's and my condo had been leased but the man who leased it died in the living room. The condo is in the States, in Kentucky, and we live in Quito, Ecuador. My son, however, lives within a couple of miles of the condo, went over there, found the man dead, sitting on the sofa, and called the police who removed the body. We decided leasing was too stressful, so we listed the condo for sale. It sold in only THREE weeks! We also owned a vehicle that was located in the garage of the condo. So, we sold it too. We were able to pay off all of our debts from both selling's. While in Kentucky selling the condo and car, I made and kept several doctors' appointments with the V.A. hospital in Cincinnati. Everything was okay. Tony and I took a three-week vacation and visited my hometown in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, visited in Dallas and Galveston, Texas, New Orleans, LA, Tuscaloosa, AL, and Nashville, TN. I filed a complaint against a horrible flight attendant. This outrageous experience was during Tony's and my United Airlines flight back to Quito, Ecuador from Cincinnati, OH. I continue being faithful with my meditation discipline which makes me noticeably more mindful, positive, and less stressful. Oh, and MOST importantly, I found the AspiesCentral.com website!
If a car takes most of your savings, having anything go wrong can put you in the hole. There's also insurance, parking, and regular maintenance. I knew a guy who had a house paid off by age 30 because he'd only used a bicycle. He was also noticeably fit and healthy. Ivan Illich calculated that if someone drives downtown to an office, parks, walks from there to work, and then works until the car trip there and back is paid off, they average 4 MPH, or 7 kph - a fast walk. Yesterday, my best friend just lost his car to a lien against it he hadn't known about when he bought it.
Not so good on the obtaining employment aspects, but lots of improvements in overcoming trauma and it's related development of timidity.
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