HeyJaredThe Daily Divergent
Your daily dose of neurodivergent peer support. Practical steps every day in under 500 words.
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Back From Break (opens the original)
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Hey there, friend,I have spent the past week doing the bare minimum.I have gone to work, ran immediately necessary errands, and ordered a lot more food than I’d like to admit on Doordash.I have not been writing, reading, journaling, crocheting, socializing, or otherwise unless I wanted to.And honestly? It’s been nice.The truth is I want to get reconnected with writing for myself—before anybody else. I want to change how I approach Substack spec
Live Example: Taking A Break For 1 Week! (opens the original)
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Hey there, friend,For as much as I talk about how important taking breaks are, I can’t actually remember the last break I took from writing.Yes, I know, I haven’t posted anything in two days, but that’s different.Losing track of time or being too overtired to write is not “taking a break.”Taking a break is intentional.Taking a break is a compromise (usually).Taking a break ends at some point.Resting, and needing rest, will never end.So don’t even try to chop up my rest days as “taking a break.”
I Do Not Want To Be More Palatable (opens the original)
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Hey there, friend,I do not want to be more palatable.I do not want to attract more attention.I do not want to reach as many people as I can.I do not want to mask my authentic self anymore.I am not doing this to be who you want me to be.I am doing this to be who I am.I am doing this to let those that don’t relate fall away.I am doing this to attract only the right-fitting people.I will eventually reach the right audience.I will eventually reach the right audience.I wi
I Became Part Of The Machine (opens the original)
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Hey there, friend,I just had a revelation that’s shaking me a bit.Is it possible that every decision I’ve made up until this point was a coping mechanism?Scarier yet, am I still on that trajectory, where every decision I’m making now is coping?Let me walk you back through how I got here.So, I was listening to a scary story on YouTube—I know, I know, big dog type shit—about a white supremacist camp.I know how it sounds; isn’t the white supremacy part the horror story?Yes and no.But anyways, the s
Maybe I'm The Idiot (opens the original)
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Hey there, friend,Today, I had a fun interaction with myself I wanted to share.See, in Alaska, we have a lot of robins.An abundance of them, really.I even have one nesting on my literal deck!(This is where I’d insert a pic if I had one. Oops.)But the thing about robins is… they fly kinda dumb.I mean, these suckers swoop so close to the road when they fly—I’m talkin’ low.It’s like they’re asking to get hit by a car!…Or are they?Maybe they&
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