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Sy Andrews πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
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Writer, Esoteric, a Brit in Canada, Autistic. Avid reader, Blerd, Coffee lover, Dice Elf, Essayist, Published poet, and Vlogger. πŸŒ»β™ΎοΈβœ¨ πŸ“ Toronto πŸ’ Married to my bestie! 🚫 DMs
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8 pages written. Powered through for the last hour and a half. I’m good.

Bedtime now.
I’ve been on such a health kick of late, just updating and upgrading my routines - still not absolutely perfect but definitely way better. I haven’t touched a bag of Lays in months.

I had one just now. It didn’t hit like I’d hoped. I think I’m low on riboflavin. πŸ˜”
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RIP Baek Se-hee. Your words were so powerful. You will be sorely missed. #booksky
6:18am. Morning pages, topic: audiobooks

Modern storytelling based on actual (oral) storytelling from before the stories were written down. [must edit or rewrite when updating commonplace book].
A really brilliant episode on RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria).

I have RSD and I’m learning how to cope. It’s strange as I’d only learned about it after dx and in therapy. Thought I’d share as I’m still figuring things out.
#audhd #podcasts

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ADHD and RSD: why rejection feels like danger | E18 | WTF is AuDHD? Podcast
YouTube video by WTF is AuDHD?
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Trying these two chocolates, finally, for the first time. I’ve recently learned about Laura Secord, too. She’s known for much more than chocolate 🍫 #canadalife
I have to beg my husband to say one swear word properly. He won’t 🀣πŸ₯°
One thing I absolutely love as a Brit living in Canada is hearing Canadians swear. It’s lovely. They hold back so hard all day that it’s like sweet morning dew misting on my ears when they finally let it out.

(Sorry about that terrible imagery…)
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ALDS βœ…
ALCS πŸ”œ

The @BlueJays take care of business in New York! #CLINCHED
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The French call of the @BlueJays clinching their trip to the ALCS πŸ’™
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It's party time for Toronto 😀 #ALCS
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Final:
BlueJays 5
Yankees 2
Also, the Blue Jays won!!!

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1Q84 + Infinite Jest #tattoos πŸ™ŒπŸΎ they were years in planning.

I love these books an awful lot.
#InfiniteJest #1Q84 #HarukiMurakami #DavidFosterWallace
Hmm πŸ€” what other literary tattoos should I get…

I know I want an Emily Dickinson tattoo (or 2), another Shakespeare… possibly a reference to SΓΌskind’s β€˜Perfume’… I need to look at my list.

(I’ll share what I got the day before, next!) #books #tattoos
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Isabelle Baafi’s Chaotic Good (Faber), Paul Farley’s When It Rained for a Million Years (Picador Poetry) and Vona Groarke’s Infinity Pool (The Gallery Press) have been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize πŸ‘‡ #BookSky
Isabelle Baafi, Paul Farley and Vona Groarke shortlisted for TS Eliot Prize 2025
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It’s one of the contradictions for being autistic. So much is expected of you and yet you’re punished.
All sorts, especially when you’re masking heavily. From β€œbeing great with customers”, having creative ideas, setting up great plans, knowing/being passionate about subject ABC, to β€œthinking logically” and so on. All praised when needed, and then later admonished and punished if not done correctly.
The positive traits that are praised are the same traits that get punished.

Do you find that? It’s a form of shame, especially if you’re autistic in the world.
If I’m not speaking with customers I spend the majority of my days totally alone. I’m embracing this quietude day by day and it’s surprisingly nice. I’m unable to learn new things or apply myself in the way I would like but I’m able to think of ways to fix potholes in my creative work 🌻