Micah on Nostr: I'm sitting here this morning, relaxing before we have to check out of our room, and ...
I'm sitting here this morning, relaxing before we have to check out of our room, and thinking about yesterday...
Traveling is so different now that I know and accept being autistic...
I did a LOT of masking yesterday, but also ran into more than one situation that I didn't know how to mask. I didn't know what to say... luckily my wife is understanding of that, and I didn't feel like I had to. Saying nothing was okay. That is new to me... I've never felt okay not being able to mask.
It also really made it clear how important an escape plan is. We had an escape plan yesterday, and we used it. That was getting a Lyft out of there... if we ever visit Salem again we will plan ahead more and get a hotel right in Salem so we have an even better and quicker escape plan.
The other really helpful thing was planned spontaneity. If I remember right that was an idea from npub1tcwqtfym0l7et4cnnwjpxqmee8x30tvya7trupzg07ncr4gy7jsss8y3pv (npub1tcw…y3pv) 's book. It isn't a new strategy for us, but her description helped us understand what we were doing and make it more intentional, which makes it more controllable.
Traveling is so different now that I know and accept being autistic...
I did a LOT of masking yesterday, but also ran into more than one situation that I didn't know how to mask. I didn't know what to say... luckily my wife is understanding of that, and I didn't feel like I had to. Saying nothing was okay. That is new to me... I've never felt okay not being able to mask.
It also really made it clear how important an escape plan is. We had an escape plan yesterday, and we used it. That was getting a Lyft out of there... if we ever visit Salem again we will plan ahead more and get a hotel right in Salem so we have an even better and quicker escape plan.
The other really helpful thing was planned spontaneity. If I remember right that was an idea from npub1tcwqtfym0l7et4cnnwjpxqmee8x30tvya7trupzg07ncr4gy7jsss8y3pv (npub1tcw…y3pv) 's book. It isn't a new strategy for us, but her description helped us understand what we were doing and make it more intentional, which makes it more controllable.