What’s a moment when a stranger completely restored your faith in people?

Well as a person who have been through a lot of injuries of different kinds, I think the one time that restored my faith was when I were walking on slippery ice on the way to school and I felt hard and hit a sign post. No one cared at first even I was clearly in pain, suddenly a pair of hands took hold of me and told me ‘you are going to make me miss my train but you seem like a person in need’ so he half carried me about 1 km to my school and made sure that someone was there to continue taking care of me. I offered to pay him a new ticket but he was like no thanks, I did this full aware of that.

What’s a quote that perfectly describes your outlook on life?

Well I feel I living after my own quote these days which say ‘I would rather be weird than normal, as if we all were normal, life itself would be boring’ meaning that I know I am different from people both in general and because of my Asperger’s. I just don’t wanna change that I have Asperger’s plus as we all have our different qualities and ways while if we all did life the same way then life would be boring since nothing new. So that is my life style.

What’s your home decoration style?

Well I love questions like this one as my style is nothing more than what I feel for that particular day in terms of everything. At the moment I have mood to make my entire apartment orange since I really have a thing for orange these days. Too bad we can’t change it in an instant. Otherwise I just want my home to feel comfortable and clean so not many wishes. I feel that houses, clothing and what else should be the owner’s favorite choice and not something people should force onto others.

What is one way you have grown this year?

I feel that I have grown in the way that I had blackhole period in my life in the early period of this year which I have now conquered and grown that way. Of my happy growth I have made really good progress in a novel I have been trying to write for 20 years now.

How do you balance work and home life?

Well I am quite lucky in that regard since I am hired on special terms meaning I should not work more than 25hours a week plus having the Wednesday and weekend off. So to keep things simple I don’t do anything work after my work hours for the day and unless it is very important I don’t do appointments like dentist, massage and so on, on other days than during my Wednesday. So my work life balance is very easy to handle even though that changes can happen.

If I had a normal job with normal work hours I would have done my best to work for the 37 hours which is normal here and unless major events happen not work extra hours since I feel that many people forget to spend time with loved ones and miss a lot of events because of that and I don’t wanna lose that. I know that might make me get less pay but I am sure that family time is more valuable. Surely I would work extra for money if something in my life required it.

What makes you nervous?

I am a bit shy and not the best at new things all the time especially if they can change a lot in my life so guess I am nervous for a lot of things but I am working on it since I am trying to get away from being safe behind a screen of some kind. Guess that is also one of my goals of becoming more offline.

How do you use social media?

Well this is a subject I feel divides people since these days there are governments trying to block it from kids and so on. I think it is a good idea to get a bit away from it at times but for an introvert person like me it is sometimes the only way I get to say anything because the world is too much. I mainly use it to write with friends but I am also using it to share my blog to a wider audience. I am also having the fight against doom scrolling but with the help of One Sec, I am doing better and my offline goal is making progress by the day.

Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow.

I made the decision to learn myself how to meditate and yes I know that sometimes I am falling asleep and so on but it clears my mind and I plan to start focusing on it even more since it really helps me grow as a person. I will start focusing on it and do it 4 times a day for at least 5mins each. So I would say if you don‘t do meditation find at least 5mins for yourself as it really makes wonders.

Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you.

Well I know my blog is mainly about Asperger’s and such but I feel like I can talk about that forever so decided to pick another positive event. When I was around 5 and half year old I got first of 2 siblings and my parents was leaving me at home with my mom’s sister while trying to took to the hospital to give birth to him. When I woke up that morning my mom’s sister was already there and I had no clue of what was going on since she was there. Anyway the positive thing I wanna talk about happened later in the afternoon, I have always loved climbing trees, might be one of the reasons I love boulders so much these days, and my home had a row of some high Larch trees that together with some other trees. Well I went out to climb one of the tall larch tree while my mom’s sister hang up some clothes for drying. Normally I was not scared of heights so I was quickly to the top with tiny branches but for some reason I became that day and my mom’s sister was even more scared of heights so when I called for help she was not really fond of helping me but she had to do something since she was the only adult there. So she climbed up to get me even that she would never had done it in a million years if I was not there. She reached me and got me down so the day was saved but we made a deal that I should never climb that high again while she was the only one around. That is the end of this story and a short add to this story, while I was in kindergarten we had a very very very tall tree which I also happened to climb and the only reason the teachers didn’t call the fire department was because I climbed down quickly again and recently found out they never told my parents about it.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

I hate answering questions about the future as I feel no one can predict the future and it is just a way to get worried about more stuff. I am trying to focus on my life these days since I just had some period with the breakdown but a good future for me would be very easy, as it would mean my job would be the same with more interesting assignments, maybe with someone in my life even that is not necessary but I wanna go Japan soon and maybe other awesome countries. But I hope for more peace in the world than war in the world in 10 years time.