Random Work And Finding A Job

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I have to get up early, which I hate, for my new job which I also hate so uh. Oh dear.

Hating jobs seems like the reason autists should commit to career goals instead of just jobs. Better control of outcomes.

Working in sales; I was always surprised at how gullible some salespeople really are

I think it is what makes them good at their jobs sometimes because they're just open to things and they believe in what they're doing

But I reckon that if a salesman coldcalled another salesman they could literally sell each other their products

Now that I'm retired, I can get up at 5AM to be the first one off the tee to play a round of golf at 7AM in the morning.

You are so lucky. I'll never get the luxury of retirement, as the a**hole government thinks it's a genius idea to raise the pension age right to mid-70s before I get there. Shame there are no protests on this, because I'd certainly join any activism to lower the retirement age. I want to afford to retire at no later than 65, so that I will still be young enough to do stuff. I am NOT working until I'm 75, I hate work now and am mentally ready to retire and I'm only 35.

I've been on my new job for 3 weeks. Seems ok so far, because there's a familiarity and predictability to things, as well as working independently a lot. I think I also like that I'm not constantly told what to do or about deadlines, but more they assume I read the information on the computer or emails and did it on my own.
The only problem is this is my first time doing a full time job, which is hard for me. The days are kind of flexible though, so if I want a change in schedule I can ask it ahead of time and usually I know what I'm doing at least a month in advance.
I think having a job is good, because I was spending too long unemployed and I just naturally want to remove all human contact from my life. And all part time jobs I tried before had been really bad experiences, where I was constantly overwhelmed and having bad anxiety until I stopped going without notice. I hope to eventually use this experience and money to focus on making art, that's what keeps me interested in having a job at all. I only think about how to keep making my work.

I'm starting a new job tomorrow and I'm nervous. My stomach's been in knots all day. Even though I've done this four times before it never seems to get easy. Life dosen't wait until you are ready. You have to sometimes go not ready. Sink or swim as the expression goes. With the fear I also have an area of peace that God will lead me through it.

Good luck with the new jobs!

I think it is important to watch how much work your fellow employees do and try to do about the same.

I think the biggest mistake is to do too much work instead of too little. The boss may like that but not your fellow employees.

If you need help, ask. But don't associate it with autism, as that doesn't help anyone.
Your autism is different from another person's autism. Someone could spend an hour studying autism and not know how to help you unless you are specific in what you need!