I'm so so tired of not having a job. In 11 years since finishing school I feel like I've tried everything multiple times. Summer jobs, studying, visiting companies, calling companies, idk how many times I've rewritten my resume trying different layouts etc. one time I even drew an image to have on my resume. it was cringe af. "you have to stick out"
I'M DESPERATE FOR A JOB.
But I'm autistic, I can't do whatever because of sensory issues (mostly sounds, like the checkout area in grocery stores) and I happen to feel really really uncomfortable to work with people, like homes for elderly or so. I simply feel way to unsure on the social interactions. When is it ok to push their consent? How much can I push it? Why? When? What? I also tend to laugh or giggle when I'm nervous, not a good trait in that field. oh yeah, I'm also slow and not very good with stress, it makes me slower, ironic huh?
I have considered personal assistance, if I get to work with the "right" person. But what are the odds for that?
And next month new rules and regulations will start regarding being jobless, less money, stricter rules and I'm so freaking stressed I don't know what to do. I'm seeing a psychiatrist on Tuesday, I hope they're a decent person with decent ideas.
I'm just so tired.
I just want a job so I can start living and not just surviving.
I really enjoy crochet. Knitting is nice too. All you need is a hook or a few needles and a ball of yarn and you're good to go!
You can to anything with both hobbies, but knitting tends to be better for stretchy stuff, like clothes, socks etc. Crochet is good for non-stretchy stuff like blankets, baskets, coasters etc.
I have come to enjoy knitting socks. They're small and pretty fast. People like them as a gift.
Crochet I like to do all kinds of stuff, from small bags and coasters, I've even made a small makeup bag!
Yor life can always be pulled apar and is never 100% finished. I have not been in your situation. But I have learnt to be autistic as I got my diagnosis late.
First about storage, I would either start by trying to sort the stuff, I mean, boxes are a type of storage as well. Go for rough categories in size and location / type.
Kitchen stuff, big
Kitchen stuff, small
gardening
medical / health
etc
The other thing you can do is to just go to a second hand store and find a bookcase you like with fairly big and deep shelves. A big plus if you can move the shelfs as well. Often you can find them in sets of two or three.
If you are creative you can sand and paint it to make it more your own.
About routines, you probably have some sort of routine, try to build on that. And you don't necessarily need a super rigid routine.
We eat around 12 and 18.
I exercise some days after dinner.
At 22 I clean a bit in the kitchen and go to beed to read until I can sleep.
I do laundry on the same day every week
etc.
It also makes it harder to even accept help because you have been doing okay so far. It's almost like, if you accept too much or certain types of help, you feel like a lesser person. It's not true, of course. It's just hard to ask for help for things you thought where okay.
I am curios about using pen and paper more, but I don't want to do the extra step of having to write again digitally. But this has made me think, how much do I need to have digitally anyway? I also don't want to do it the other way around, aka. writing digitally to paper on a regular basis.
You say that most of what you write will end up digitally, do you do some sort of editing to improve the text or do you just copy it? (depending on what it is ofc)
I don't see it as offensive, but English isn't my first language either.I don't think we have a term in Swedish for "on the spectrum" we would instead say NPF, Neuropsykiatriska funktionsnedsättning / funtionsvariation which means "Neuropsychiatric disability / functional variation".
I do get a little bit annoyed tho when people hesitate or feel uncomfortable to use the word autism, as if it would be a slur. But I understand they don't want to step on my or anyone else's toes.
I can confirm, flicking your finger on the side of the bottle works. I have no Idea why tho.