Someone shared a post from Neurodivergent Lou in a group I’m on talking about Autism and being perceived. You can see the post on Instagram here.
So much about this post hit home. I struggle with how others perceive me, at the same time, I want to be recognised for what I do. After reading this post, it got me thinking.
I love talking about my passions and that includes creative writing for wellbeing as well as other topics including being a late-diagnosed AuDHD woman, however asking people to book me to speak or run a workshop is challenging for me, so much that it’s sabotaging my efforts.
In that same vein, if someone contacts me to book me, I have no problem in booking them in then running the activity.
I struggle to get out there to record my own YouTube clips, however I have no problems being interviewed for someone else’s channel, same with podcasts.
I am on social media a lot, however I struggle to post on my business page, the place that will potentially make me money.
I love writing and publishing my books, but am terrified people will read the stories and have an opinion on them!
I even post on this blog, and hardly promote my posts!
There is a lot to unpack here, but seeing that post, I felt that so many of the conflicts that I feel weren’t me being difficult or a simple ‘mindset’ shift would help. It’s actually a thing that is a thing, not something that is me being silly or something.
With keeping this in mind, I’ve felt for a while that I need a booking manager or similar who can get out there on my behalf and book me in to speaking at schools and other places where I can share my message. I need to work out how to get the resources I need to get that support…
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