Anxiety Advice #2: Backpack

Autism or not, many of us dislike leaving our house unprepared. If you're anything like me and you hate being in situations where you run into small problems that could have easily been prevented, then today I have some tips and tricks for you! These are going to be tips specifically for general anxiety. The … Continue reading Anxiety Advice #2: Backpack →

Anxiety Advice #1: Explain Yourself

I’ve probably talked about this before on here, but since today is my first real day at internship I think it’s a good topic to revisit. I have autism. I know I have autism, my parents know I have autism, my friends know I have autism and my health providers know I have autism. My … Continue reading Anxiety Advice #1: Explain Yourself →

Autism and Exhaustion

I was planning to write this post during a short moment of waiting time at my internship today. It was my first day there and it mainly consisted of meetings and talking to people. I got rudely interrupted though, by another coworker who wanted to talk to me. How dare they! All jokes aside, I … Continue reading Autism and Exhaustion →

My Book Fair Haul

There is a yearly book fair in Deventer, which is a city in the Netherlands. It’s supposedly one of the bigger second hand (and some new) book fairs in all of Europe. It is a pretty big market, although a lot of their books are in Dutch and I prefer English. I haven’t gone the … Continue reading My Book Fair Haul →

A small update

Hello, and I hope you’re all having a good Monday. I am having a pretty decent day so far. I did laundry, groceries and even some cleaning. My room is nice and clean again, and so is most of the house. I’ve always liked cleaning the house, it’s like a substitute for doing something useful … Continue reading A small update →

Finding the right health care providers

I know, I know, here I am talking about health care again, but it’s something that’s played a massive role in my life the past year. I’ve just had issue after issue and although I’m certainly thankful none of them have been dangerous or severe, it has been an onslaught of health issues. At this … Continue reading Finding the right health care providers →

Update on the state of my laziness

Hello everyone, I wanted to check in about my current health, writing progress and just life in general. This blog is about me, after all, and sometimes you’ll find me rambling about my life just to get my thoughts on paper. For those of you who were looking forward to my review of Spice & … Continue reading Update on the state of my laziness →

The inside outtakes

So for those of you unaware, Bo Burnham recently posted an outtakes video to his special “Inside” It was a lot of material that just wasn’t used during the special but still interesting to watch. I watched the entire thing and thought it was pretty funny, but obviously it didn’t have the same kind of … Continue reading The inside outtakes →

Believing in your body

I’ve been having a lot of health issues over the past years. I’ve talked openly about some and I’ve not talked about others. If I compare my mental health today to any day over the past year, I’d say it’s probably better than any of those days. It’s not quite great yet, but it’s definitely … Continue reading Believing in your body →

My path of storytelling

From a very young age I gained a fascination with stories. I remember vividly that one year we had a corner of the classroom which had a small library with a green couch. I was a very good student back in primary school and would often be done early with whatever tasks we had. When … Continue reading My path of storytelling →