Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Winter Weather

Thanksgiving has passed and Christmas is less than a month away which also means it it getting colder and winter will officially begin. Of course the hazardous part of the winter season already started before Thanksgiving, snow/ice. Having more snow and ice used to be a good thing when I was a kid as it was usually a ticket towards a day off from school, that was of course before I had to drive in it and had to worry about paying. Now of course as an adult on the spectrum living on my own, the winter season provides it's own set of challenges. Wintry weather is an unpredictable force that can derail plans at any time and can make traveling a dangerous task. It can make going to work a difficult venture or prevent me from going to work altogether, all this at a moment's notice without any rhyme or reason.

This can cause all sorts of issues for someone like me on the Autism Spectrum. It relates to subjects of previous posts. It relates to the steady stream of stressors (ironically) since there is the constant threat of winter weather derailing any plans I may have otherwise had, including whether or not I will be able to work and earn more money. It also relates to The Order of Things as such a constant threat to disrupt any plans that I may have, the constant threat might as well be part of the Order of Things in of itself. It is the unpredictability that can make winter hair-raising and as snowfall from the previous winter streched into Spring and almost into April, the next few months are going to be difficult as my weekly routine will serve to receive a multitude of disruptions in the coming months for an unspecified amount of time.

When thinking about the weather, it is important to understand and prepare mentally for the winter weather. Preparing mentally for sudden changes can always help reduce the emotional response to a change in a plan. It also helps to have a suitable backup plan in case there is a weather related derailment in plans. It also helps to remember that the weather cannot be controlled and that it is better to see it as a naturally occuring event that happens rather than something to stress over. As December approaches, all that any of us can do is hope for the mildest winter, but prepare for the severest winter

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