Backpacking&self employment

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I think for aspies who like to be free to follow their passions without restraint would do well to travel abroad for temporary work and write freelance articles about what interests them. For other aspies, business enterprise in their field of interest, or a writing career, may be the best options, as it can allow working in unconventional and creative ways us neurodiverse people thrive with applying. We don't conform well, but that need not be a weakness as some stupid neurotypicals would think, the unconventional can be our greatest strength. Thinking outside the box. So don't worry about being employed: look into being your own boss, and employing others, when the system is of no use for us neurodiverse men and women. We can do anything we put our minds to doing. THEY don't know what we are, NTs cannot define what they do not understand.

You are right on!

I'm glad you see what I mean

Backpacking/self-employment probably worked better in the past. Now, it's somewhat more problematic than previously, since people don't trust strangers as much.

I thru hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2010, from Georgia to Maine. It took 5 months, and I lived out of a pack and in my tent for that time. It was a truly amazing journey, though parts did suck. I was in great shape, felt good, didn't need meds. I met a lot of "unconventional" people doing stuff like that.

I still walk a lot, I am back home, studying, going into my senior year for a chemistry degree. I miss the trail a lot, and after I get out, I'll get a job, and pay my loans off, and see from there. I do like chemistry, but I've never fit into regular society, and consider most of the things people see as responsibilities to be a tedious, pointless waste of time. The good thing is I'm a minimalist, and own barely anything, so this life would fit me.