Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 904 , Sunday 19/04/2026

Sunday started at just before 08:00 - at last a lie in!

It’s been a quiet day with much relaxing & general slouching around.

Final Thoughts.

Heck, dentist & possibly another gym session tomorrow! I should get an early night but I probably won’t.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Inner Work vs. Systemic Issues: What Really Determines Your Success

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BzVNQHge9w

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You can learn mainstream business info anywhere. Even AI will teach you nowadays.

What you can't get from anywhere is help unlearning the idea that you have to be pushy to sell. That you have to post consistently every day or you'll fail. That if it's not working, the problem is you. 1/2

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 903 , Saturday 18/04/2026

Saturday started earlier than I hoped, a mix of sunlight streaming into the room & next door having a hoovering fit had me awake at 7am.

Chores followed breakfast.

I have been bouncing off a problem in Elite Dangerous, planets that should have a population & space stations & the like appear not to. At first I thought this was a bug.
I cleared the cache on the PS5, reloaded the game from scratch & then, believing that I could use the cloud backup of my save data I reset my profile.
This was a mistake - it turns out that the save data held by the PS5 locally & in the cloud is just configuration stuff, graphics preferences & the like. The true save must be held on Frontier’s servers.
The upshot of this is that I have lost everything! I am back as a new commander in the games version of a mini metro.
Ah well, at least I know some tricks to make some dosh & which ships to go for.

It seems that the original bug may not be a bug at all, reading around there seems to be cases of the data being deliberately obfuscated & one has to properly explore the system to uncover its secrets. Ah well I have plenty of time to see if this is in fact what is going on!

We finished the day with a chinese takeaway & an episode of ‘Sherlock’.

Final Thoughts.

A frustrating day, but very much 1st world nerdy problems!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

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A lot of Autistic and AuDHDers start their own businesses because they can't survive in existing corporate spaces. But without a specific plan to make their business work differently, they end up replicating the very thing they were fleeing. The same cycles of collapse. 1/2

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I just.. I'm severely unnerved by incurious people.

They just seem to float through life never asking any questions ever and HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK?

'No Thoughts Head Empty' is a meme for crying out loud!

Is this a Neurospicy thing?

Do all the Neurotypicals just not think to ask questions ??

I feel quite quite mentally unstable just considering it.

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 902 , Friday 17/04/2026

Friday started at crack of sparrows fart - aka 06:00, this was because I had to give Mrs S a lift into work so I could have the car to get me to the gym for my 1st session

The gym session was great, Lee the trainer was really helpful & understanding.

I also met 2 guys I used to work with decades ago when I was still living with my parents on the other side of the hills! I have not seen them in 25 years or more & to find out that they have been living in the valley is amazing!

We had a great time reminiscing & the hour passed really quickly.

Lee reckons that I should aim for 2 or 3 sessions a week so I will have to try & work that into my routine!

While it was a good session there were lots of folk there & I was a little overwhelmed so 
I spent this afternoon decompressing by fly ing around the milky way.

Pizza for tea with one of Mrs S’s cop shows & then an ep of ‘All Creatures Great & Small’ to end the evening with.

Final Thoughts.

While it was brilliant to see Neil & Bill again after all these years the prospect of regularly interacting with them is daunting bordering on outright anxiety. I feel that I will be judged & found very wanting.
Time will tell.

I am going to try & get to the gym at least 3 times a week, maybe even get down every day since I have full membership … we shall see.

The exercises Lee had me do seem to have fixed my leg! I need to see if it plays up tonight but certainly at the moment is seems like an almost magical cure.
The downside is that obviously my excuses for not doing the garden have now evaporated!

I was travelling in search of a new ship in Elite, but having done some reading rather than going for the Alliance Challenger, the Krait Phantom seems the better ship - if only for the fabulous name! (Although I am disappointed that it lacks the coffee machine that it’s variant the Krait MkII has apparently! 😆 )

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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How to Feel Less Exhausted by Group Conversations.

"Group conversations aren't always easy for introverts, highly sensitive people, or neurodivergent people.

In the article below, I share why group conversations feel so draining — and how to make them easier.'

From "Introvert, Dear"
https://introvertdear.com/news/how-to-feel-less-exhausted-by-group-conversations/
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 901 , Thursday 16/04/2026

Up just before 7am this morning but was feeling a bit lazy so read until the hour struck.

Bit of a busy morning, posted a card to a friend in Cork Hospital, & then went on to the leisure centre to pick up my membership card.
A slice of lemon drizzle cake might have accidentally been bought & escorted home too! 😆

I was going to go shopping but we still have plenty of food in the freezer so I have deferred that until next week so there is more space for some decent grub!

Spent the afternoon flying around the Milky Way, I sussed how to use the commerce map to help me find the entry fee for Liz Ryder - it’ll have cost me in excess of ½ a million credits to see this lass, she best be the bee’s flipping knees!

Final Thoughts.

My leg was much better this morning when I got up & has continued to behave itself thru the day so I’m going to risk it going to the gym tomorrow - I’m kinda hoping the exercise will help it along!

Really quite nervous about the whole gym thing, having to meet other peoples expectations &, more importantly, my own!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 900 , Wednesday 15/04/2026

Wednesday started at around 7am.

It’s been a quiet day, chores were followed by a romp around the Milky Way.

Yep that was pretty much it - what an exciting life I lead!

Final Thoughts.

My leg is feeling better today, I’m hoping that it won’t be complaining like it has been doing the last few nights in bed & thus avoiding the need to drag it to the quacks tomorrow!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves