Snowflake Challenge #8

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Challenge #8: In your own space, create a wishlist. Your wishlist can be anything between one and ten wishes as a rough guide.

Ooh this is an interesting challenge!! Here are my wishes (some of them very specific):

1. Fan art or podfic or remixes for any of my stories! (here on AO3) I would be so delighted with any kind of transformative works for my fics, you have no idea :D

2. I'd love recs for some communities about writing, reading, or history!

3. I'd also love recs for podcasts or documentaries about true crime or history, or about naval stuff specifically

4. Recs for journals/communities that talk about planning/organization (especially for people with ADHD)

That's all for my wishlist! Hope you all have a great weekend!

Comments

Re: Thoughts

[spikedluv]

is more brainspace you can use for what you really want to do

That is a really interesting theory. I find I need to do similar things, calendar, lists, etc. (I have never been tested, but the more I read about the variety of people on the spectrum, I've wondered if I don't fit in there somewhere.)

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> That is a really interesting theory. I find I need to do similar things, calendar, lists, etc. <<

https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/parl-lab/research/current-projects/cognitive-offloading/

https://arxiv.org/pdf/0808.3569.pdf


Regrettably, little is available on applied cognitive offloading, and almost all of that is for people who lost memory somehow. But some useful stuff exists:

https://www.logicprep.com/blog/cognitive-offloading-is-the-most-important-test-tip-you-didnt-know-existed

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/minimize-cognitive-load/

https://www.doctorschoicefl.com/memory-aids-tools-strategies-memory-loss-2/

https://www.northriverhc.com/5-easy-memory-aids-that-can-help-anyone/

https://imperial.networkofcare.org/veterans/assistive/list.aspx?indexingterms=memory-aids


A key point to remember is that brains and minds can work in various ways. Some people respond better to visual cues (placing an object at eye level) while others do better with audio cues (setting an alarm to ring). Try different strategies for saving, organizing, and prompting until you find ones that work for you. Just within arm's reach I have a kitchen timer, my fishbowl notes on paper, and my desktop calendar.

>> (I have never been tested, but the more I read about the variety of people on the spectrum, I've wondered if I don't fit in there somewhere.) <<

Yeah, I don't fit the description exactly, but have a lot in common. The only reason I can pass for human even briefly is that people expect but, but after a few minutes -- or a few hours at maximum cloak -- they notice I'm really not. Neurodiversity is a lot wider than the examples that have been codified.