If You Play Special Interest Roulette
You might be the smartest person in the room
Chances are, if you’re neurodivergent or somewhere on the spectrum, your special interests are going to fade.
One day, you discover 1940s swing dancing and absolutely fall in love with it.
You do the whole “neurodivergent thing” — read every website you find, borrow all the books from the library, watch hours of videos, and listen to music of the era.
But that’s just amateur-level special interest. When you discover a new special interest, you go all in.
You make a dozen jazz playlists, change your hairstyle to one befitting the time, and order some fancy vintage duds you found online. You sign up for dance classes and even look into how much it costs to build a dance floor in your garage.
A few weeks go by. Friends, family, and coworkers are now well acquainted with your interest in swing dancing.
You happily Lindy hop yourself into work every day, excited about life and your new infatuation.
And then it happens.
You’re sitting in your dentist’s waiting room, listening to Chattanooga Choo Choo on repeat while flipping through a history magazine you found in the rack.
