ADD's Hyper Focuse

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  I have been glued to one of my other projects. I have gotten more serious about writing my book and locking myself in. It is a dream of mine to become a full-time writer. Due to everyday life and bills, I work full time but then come home to write my book. In the past, I have had a challenge incorporating a writing routine due to my shift moving around. Now that I have a 7 am till 4 pm I can come home and write after a half an hour break. I even started doing these writing sprints, you join someone on a call say what your goal is, and then write for the next hour. Once the hour is over, you check back in and share how well it went without needing to share, unless you want to. It’s so that you are being held liable. It honestly has helped a lot. I am now 54 pages in my first draft. My plan is to be finished this time next year. My current title is “Nordic Secrets”. It is a Nordic-themed action adventure. Dr. Sam Fletcher was recruited to work on a project with the military at ...
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Short visit to Maryland

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I apologize for not posting last week. Let's just say I ran like a hobbit and went on an adventure. I went to Maryland for a wedding and a short vacation.  Here are some photos of the places that I had the pleasure of visiting. Some of these photos will be available for purchasing fairly soon on: https://www.naturallynaturephotography.com/
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    Maryland was wonderful. My husband and I went for only half a week but got to see so many things in this short time. We took a tour on a few ships such as the one shown below. This was located in the city of Baltimore along with Fort McHenry where we won the revolution and the inspiration for a song that moves the heart of the United States. You know the one; it begins with "Oh say can you see".

    We also went to Washington D.C. for a day. May I say visiting D.C. is more than just a day trip?! There is just so much to see and as always much larger than what is shown on TV. It was a pleasure visiting some of the monuments within our country's capital. 
    As much as I feel the need to hide in a whole and work on a project without interacting with anyone, I love getting out of my shell and traveling to new places and meeting new people. For people on the Autistic spectrum, It is crucial to get out into public and see how the world works and how people interact. People with autism, don't have that automatic ability to know how to socialize or to see the importance of it. We have to learn how to and the logical reason behind human interaction, and getting out into the world is the best way to do so. At least it is for me.

    It's odd to describe.  I never wanted to be alone even though I was ok with being alone. I see people interacting and having fun and wanting to join in but finding it easier to sit in a corner with a book and interact with fictional characters from the books in my head or people watching. It's like having a fogged-up glass wall between you and the thing that you want; you see it but you can't figure out how to get to it.  Luckily I have a large family that always made sure to involve me in every family activity possible. If it wasn't for that I would not be as social as I am today. For a long time my family, family friends, and classmates were the only people that I would interact with. Other than that I didn't feel the need to interact with other people unless they started interacting with me first. 

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