People Don’t See Your Autism — People don’t see your Autism — until it’s the only thing they see. I don’t like using the term “high-functioning.” Who am I to judge how someone else functions? But it’s how most people rationalize my Autism. It’s how they rationalize that I wasn’t diagnosed with Autism until 23 years…

If you follow employment trends, you probably think I'm the reason your staff decided they need a mental health day and free Pizza every Wednesday. Do those journalists ever talk to their co-workers under 25? The thought of asking for a mental health day makes me break out in hives. …

How Much Is Certainty Worth To You? — I watched the movie Fingernails on Apple TV tonight. The premise of the movie is that couples take a test to confirm they are in love by each ripping out one of their fingernails and putting the ripped-out fingernail into a machine that looks like it was invented in the…

I’m Too Young To Be This Cynical — I’m only 24. I thought I had more time until my classmates started getting married. I forgot that I grew up in a rural America. People get married younger in rural America. It’s a phenomenon I’ve only heard talked about on The Bachelor when contestants try to explain why they…

My Dreams Are Worth Rushing Toward — I graduated from undergrad in three years instead of four while working 30-hour weeks in a restaurant. The University of South Florida encouraged students to take summer classes and full class loads to graduate within four years. They told us the faster we graduated, the more we would save on…

Your Personal Brand Shouldn’t Be — I famously (or not some famously) write scenes on receipt paper during my serving shifts at the restaurant, then rush home and type them up. It’s hard to read my illegible script through tear stains, various sauces I don’t want to know about, dried food, and blurred words. Writing is…

I Put Myself Out There — My cousin refused to hang out with me in high school because I watched romantic comedies and ate brownie batter out of the bowl. That's all I did, according to her. It's also the most accurate character assessment I've ever had. But what did I find in those movies? Why…

Labor Hoarding Is Old News — I got an alert last week that the term “Labor Hoarding” is tending on LinkedIn. Is this the new “Quiet Quitting” or “Great Resignation?” Am I going to be inundated with articles about how to identify Labor Hoarding and what to do about it? Before I discuss the latest employment…

Graduates Still Need Support — No one warned me about Post-Graduate Depression. I found a Youtube video about it a year later. That's when it hit me. I have it. Post-Graduate Depression. It's normal. It's expected. It happens. Why didn't anyone warn me? So I'm warning you. I'm telling you what it feels like. I'm…