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Autistically Me
My Blog
Welcome to my ramble filled blog on this corner of the interweb. I don't have a set schedule for when I update this, I mostly use it as an online processing diary type thing. And unless I know the people mentioned would be ok with their names being used, all names included within any blog post, are fake. But the people behind the fake names are 100% real. Enjoy reading thoughts and lessons from my brain
Where do we go from here?
5th Jan 2025 Hi everyone, gosh so sorry it's taken so long for me to reemerge back onto this site. Life got incredibly stressful and...
Beth Woolley
Jan 512 min read
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How do I do this disclosure thing right?
Date: 11th Feb 2024 I feel like there is a lot of responsibility on my shoulders in my new role and I'm not a lecturer. But I'll be...
Beth Woolley
Feb 11, 20244 min read
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My relationship with Jack
Date: 24th Jan 2023 I was going back through old blog posts and realised I'd unpacked my relationship with Luna countless times but I've...
Beth Woolley
Jan 24, 202418 min read
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Fears around being an academic staff member
Date: 20th Jan 2024. Well this is officially a very late “welcome to 2024” type thing. But here we are. 2024, a year that is going to be...
Beth Woolley
Jan 20, 20246 min read
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Death by a Thousand Cuts
Date: 9th December 2023 So I've had one of those weeks that has felt heavy and a bit soul destroying. I found out on Monday that at the...
Beth Woolley
Dec 10, 20237 min read
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Where has the time gone?
Date: 19th October 2023 Two days ago I officially handed in my MASc thesis! That sentence still sounds weird to both say and write. Like...
Beth Woolley
Oct 19, 202314 min read
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Future Plans
Date: 29th Sept 2023 I think this is the first time I have maybe ever sat down and actively thought about my future and my plans for said...
Beth Woolley
Sep 29, 20234 min read
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I've no more fucks to give
Date: 3rd September 2023. Remember how a good couple of months ago I posted that I'd failed an essay and couldn't figure out how or why?...
Beth Woolley
Sep 3, 202310 min read
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Coleg Sir Gar
Date: 28th August 2023. I realised upon reflection that there are a lot of things that I haven't spoken about here online and I think...
Beth Woolley
Aug 30, 202312 min read
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I could fail?
Date 3rd July 2023 I currently want to curl up in a ball and either cry or scream into a void. My body/anxiety is letting me do neither,...
Beth Woolley
Jul 4, 20235 min read
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Dear Jack
Date: 10th June 2023 Dear Jack, when I came up with your fake name, I named you after someone in my family who has been by my side since...
Beth Woolley
Jun 10, 20233 min read
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Dear Luna
Date: 7th June 2023 Dear Luna, if I had all the bravery in the world, here are the things I would want you to know. Some I will send to...
Beth Woolley
Jun 8, 20235 min read
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The "Fuck It " method
Date: 25th April 2023 Well it's been a while hasn't it? I am still alive just been partially buried under the mountainous pile of work...
Beth Woolley
Apr 25, 20234 min read
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High Achiever but at what cost?
Date: 13th March 2023 I am the hardest person to please when it comes to anything I do. I'm never good enough for myself. If I ask for...
Beth Woolley
Mar 14, 20235 min read
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A Perfect Creative Mess
Date: 3rd March 2023 Well if life has taught me one thing dear reader, it is that when you least expect it, things fall into place. I've...
Beth Woolley
Mar 3, 20237 min read
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Finding hope in times of despair
Date: 4th Nov 2022 Hi everyone, I'm appreciating how much I suck at updating this blog! In my defence, starting a new MASc course,...
Beth Woolley
Nov 4, 20225 min read
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Words are powerful, they hurt me and now they're hurting the people I admire...
Date: 16th Jan 2020 Recently I found out some really troubling and upsetting news. Students on the CPP (Contemporary Performance...
Beth Woolley
Jan 16, 20203 min read
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