In light of Covid-19, the world has become a lot less predictable, this makes establishing and sticking with a routine a lot more difficult.
Working as support staff, we plan activities each day as part of the service user’s routine and try our best to limit change as this increases anxiety.
For me, this means work is more unpredictable, and therefore more challenging. At the moment, for us as for many people, guidelines are in constant flux and we’re constantly waiting to find out the next decree to determine what we’re supposed to do next. I’m rather more than sick of watching the PM punctuate every sentence with half a dozen “um”.
In cycling terms, yes riding is healthy and in the open, thus offering little chance of contagion. This makes me happy.
In terms of competing; I currently have an 8 hour and a 12 hour endurance race at the end of April and July so here’s hoping that they still go ahead. Then other stuff in August and September, again, let’s see how this pans out.
In the meantime, try to stay safe, try to keep to a routine and I look forward to seeing the other side of this.
I'm one of the many people who discovered that they are on the autistic spectrum as an adult, indeed, in my mid-forties. I'd always assumed that I was just a little socially inept, despite having a reasonably large circle of friends and associates, I often felt along in a crowded room.
A long term injury placed restrictions upon my physical mobility, that said, I through myself into various things with typical enthusiasm. It was once stated, by a long term partner that "You don't have hobbies, you have obsessions." It's true, for example, I've climbed mountains, included some of the UK's highest and most technical (Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Pen y Fan included, whilst on crutches, in the name of what I considered to be a hobby and other's considered to be a bit more life-absorbing.
It's true, I assumed that everyone who had a hobby became incredibly passionate about it. I was a very successful DJ on the UK and European Gothic scene, the music of which and running events was indeed an obsession, but one which afforded me the chance to hide behind a drink and a set of decks.
Then there was Switzerland, the bikes, the mountains, the open expanses with very few people; even in the busy resorts.
Now, I'm back in the UK. embarking on new adventures and learning how to make the best of my unique and special, albeit, challenging life.
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