Do you try to figure out, 'why'?

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Yes. I'm often hung up on the "WHY??" aspect of certain things.
When stuff confuses me, I seek out the origin. "WHY did this happen?"

The problem is, I sometimes extend this line of thinking to events that are chaotic, seemingly random, or are too broad in scope. As in... "WHY does our society objectify women?" Well, I know perfectly well WHY, but that is a problem too big for me to immediately solve.

If I dwell too long on WHY questions, I end up in a muddle, with nothing to show for it. Some part of me has learned to accept some aspects of my reality, because I find that I am far more effective as a human being if I can let some things be, while focusing my WHY questions on problems that are immediate and pertinent to me.

I still have room for big WHY questions, like "WHY do people not understand the True Nature of the Universe?", but I attempt to balance these thoughts out with more pragmatic ones like, "WHY am I not exercising more? or WHY am I late on my bills this month?"
I suppose down the road, I'd like to settle most of the small things that I can, and spend more time on those big WHY questions.

But as for right now, it's a balancing act between the demands of the "real" world, and the fantastic limitless space of introspection.

^^ I believe I have pondered on such matters for many, many years indeed. I believe such thinking has blessed me with a large amount of happiness. However, I do not believe I ask such questions anymore, yet retain within me the answers that they are provided. ^^ I believe such answers for many of the questions is that there is no specific answer, or, at least, I may never know if any answer I do find shall be correct. Such question have provided me with many beliefs, such as complete equality (including animals and I believe the happiest beliefs I have been blessed with), and many others. Therefore, I do not believe I ask quite the same number of questions as previously, as I believe the questions themselves are perhaps part of the answer. ^^ I am very sorry if I am being silly.

Are you kidding, my whole life is based on "why". I need to know the answers to everything, no matter how "insignificant" it may seem to others! I am always looking for answers.

I ask myself constant questions because I am at a loss to explain things and I wonder why things are the way they are. I don't know if it's a part of having an ASD but asking questions has always been a major part of who I am.