Hey everyone, sorry I haven’t been posting here for a little bit. College is requiring a lot of essay writing and I can’t find it in me to do any kind of recreational writing whenever I find myself coming of all the required writing for school.

All that being said, I really want to voice something. No matter who you are and how you’re different, you will never be able to enjoy life unless you are comfortable in your own skin. No matter how you’re different and how that changes your ability to interface with the world around you, happiness won’t come until you stop punishing yourself for being different.

I have found that I give myself hell for social innormalities that my autism causes and I isolate myself as to not be a bother to the people around me. I am starting to realize that no matter what, I’m only getting the chance to be me at this age once. I won’t ever be able to come back and do this different. I need to look past what makes me different and work for what makes me happy. The approval of others does not make life more fulfilling. Your personal experience is what matters, not the collective experience of the people that you think matter. They only matter at the moment and time will change things and they will no longer matter. When that happens, you will realize how little their opinion mean’t in the past too. I say this after seeing most of my childhood bullies be absolute deadbeats after graduation.

Live for you. Surround yourself with people you care about and that care about you. Interact with people in a way that makes you comfortable and not one that makes it easier for someone else.

No one else can tell your story, so it’s your job to ensure that it is told and fulfilling as possible.