Today is my 38th Birthday. While it is just a number, in some ways it shows its better parts of the fact that I do need to mature more and just do what I need to do in life instead of letting my challenges continue to set me back out of slight fears and flawed thoughts.

https://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/06/12/adulting-aging-and-maturing/

In this vlog, I explain the purpose of coming to terms with accepting elements of being autistic and well including my medication, task management, sleep, other identies, autistic burnout, fatique and the management of time and autistic spoons.

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Prior to the writing of this post, I was cleaning my emails and was watching a video on the ongoing Direct Support Worker Staffing Crisis in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It featured a majority of autistic individuals unable to receive the support staffing to have their own independence. It made me see the reality, gratitude and necessity of keeping my independence.

https://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/06/08/the-reality-and-gratitude-of-my-independence/

As an old saying goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot force him to drink. That has been the case in both my mental and physical health journeys the past few years. While I sometimes throw smoke and mirrors as if I am doing the right thing, behind the surface for a long time I was hurting and I think I finally found out that doing that will eventually catch up to me in the end.

https://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/06/07/wellness-wednesday-i-can-if-i-want-to/

Everyday anymore, I seem to be fighting anxiety in some state or form. It is this ugly invisible battle that I constantly let grow in my mind until there is a glimpse of freedom and understanding that I just need to snap out of what I am feeling and move on.

After years of fighting the battles I have been fighting for my independence, I have finally come to the terms that I just need to do the things that I need to do and not fight. I know that while I have my moments it is better than ignoring what I need to do and if I just do what needs to be done, things will be better in the end.

https://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/06/05/adulting-just-do-it/

In this vlog, I ask myself the question of 'What gets me up in the morning?" and the challenges of finding motivation, encouragement and purpose.

https://youtu.be/39TIghmeHoQ

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Finally after nearly five years of being independent, I have turned the corner in the right direction and finally at a point where I am living my best life by doing what is best for me after years of doing what was not the best and finally having a reality check that kind of woke me up.

https://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/06/01/living-my-best-life/

For decades, May has been Mental Health Month. Many autistic people have the comorbidity of mental health with their autism. It is sometimes an every day or even every hour battle, but one thing I have learned is that you have to value and respect your mental health for what it is.

https://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/05/31/wellness-wednesday-value-your-mental-health/

Despite the challenges that I faced or have faced as an autistic man, I am now realizing that I need to have a sense of pride and be proud of myself for fighting the challenges and being proud of how far I have come over the decades of my life.

https://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/05/30/reflections-being-proud-of-me/