This isn’t the time of year where everything suddenly becomes calm for me. Work is still intense, my brain is still juggling far too much, and having an excited four year old in the run up to Christmas means quiet evenings aren’t really a thing in my world. But what I can do this month is look back.
Since starting my “Through My Eyes” articles, I’ve opened up about communication, masking, sensory overload, burnout, parenthood, perfectionism, and most recently the link between autism, anxiety, and depression. Writing these pieces has helped me understand myself in ways I genuinely didn’t expect. Every message, comment or conversation that has come from them has meant more than people realise. This is exactly why I started sharing my experiences.
Now I’m looking ahead to next year, where I’ll be diving into a few areas that feel especially important to me right now. I want to explore the difference between autistic burnout and the typical burnout people refer to. I want to look at the pressure to perform at work and at home, and how that pressure builds. And I want to go deeper into what a genuinely busy day looks like inside an autistic brain. Each topic is another step toward understanding myself better, and hopefully helping others make sense of their own experiences too.
So this isn’t really a Christmas switch off moment. It’s more of a pause, a chance to reflect, catch my breath where I can, and get ready for what I want to explore next year.
Seeing things a little more clearly as I go… through my eyes.
Autism: Through My Eyes 