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Dhawal
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17 May 2013, 5:59 am

What is it that you can do 12 hours a day without pay, and still be happy?

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What is the single most frequent thought that aspies have?

How do NTs do that?

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17 May 2013, 6:02 am

Surf the internet, of course.

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17 May 2013, 6:08 am

Same here.
I found this question in a video that said that it could be a way of finding what career would suit you best. I've been thinking for 2-3 months but haven't hit upon anything. Net surfing was all that I could think of. Wanted to know what other aspies thought about this.

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How do NTs do that?

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17 May 2013, 7:51 am

Cook, if I'm working creatively on real, healthy, locally sourced food (and cinnamon rolls--I'll make cinnamon rolls from anything).

Fool with my garden (if it's between 50 and 85 degrees out there).

Build stuff.

Mess with my kids, if I'm parenting to my own standards and not someone else's.

Read (and yes, that includes surfing the Internet) and write.

Sit around a fire and talk to my friends.

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17 May 2013, 9:05 am

Music!
Every time I get paid to do it, I'm just like "Awesome! Free money!".

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17 May 2013, 12:13 pm

Who_Am_I wrote:

Music!
Every time I get paid to do it, I'm just like "Awesome! Free money!".

As much as I can sit in front of a computer almost indefinitely, being part of a paid band again would trump all!!

Heck, if I could love other kids as much as my own, I might make a good nanny! (Though I hate the concept...)

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17 May 2013, 12:20 pm

arielhawksquill wrote:

Surf the internet, of course.

Unfortunately I'm the same.

Dhawal wrote:

Net surfing could possibly be gathering information and following leads, depending on whether it's YouTube or something like hobby reading.

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17 May 2013, 12:28 pm

Dhawal, as one who runs a non-profit corporation, it is my belief that the most rewarding jobs do not come with a paycheck. If I didn't have a full-time job and a ranch to take care of, I would volunteer my time for a worthy cause.

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17 May 2013, 2:24 pm

Travel. Although I prefer my motorcycle, even sitting in a truck and going down the road is very therapeutic for me. I can usually get a lot of the "crazy" out of my head by letting miles of road pass beneath me.

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17 May 2013, 5:08 pm

Dhawal wrote:

What is it that you can do 12 hours a day without pay, and still be happy?

Focus on my organization, GCA, and help create positive change in the lives of people with AS in my part of the United States

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17 May 2013, 6:02 pm

Sleep, internet, and video games. I'm not sure if there is anything else. Maybe read books. Also watch tv.

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17 May 2013, 11:00 pm

Read
Kick a soccer ball around a field
Watch 'parenthood' if my eyes did not get tired.
Talk with mom on the phone and even listen to her for a change.
Do puzzles. If I had space.
Sometimes, if I did not get overloaded, clean!

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18 May 2013, 8:34 am

I can surf the internet for 1 or 2 hours, there are just so many articles and places to go that I have a hard time settling down and focusing. I like the free education sites because you have to focus on a problem to move through the curriculum.

I like to be worn out at least physically before I go to sleep (kind of a prerequisite), so whatever I do in 12 hours involves some kind of exhertion.

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18 May 2013, 10:00 am

Surfing the internet, playing video games on my own, playing cooperative video games with other people, watching movies and solving puzzles. Too bad nothing of this is job material!

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18 May 2013, 5:20 pm

Walk. If someone would pay me to go hiking and write up reports, route maps etc, I'd happily be the next Wainwright.

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18 May 2013, 6:00 pm

Listen to death metal, work with lathes and go on teh Internetz.
At the same time

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