Posts by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
 (DIR) Post #Abhy0zWlLsM1jMiwd6 by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2023-11-11T18:45:40Z
       
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       Autistic Bookshop is live! I'm sharing with all of you first. šŸ™‚ Autistic Bookshop is the first self-publishing bookshop made for #ActuallyAutistic authors.Authors keep their publishing rights and get 70% of the profit on every book they sell.Autistic authors can self-publish:- Fiction- Non-Fiction- Comic Book- Cookbook- Photo Book- Coloring Book- Magazine- Calendar- Planner- Journal- eBook- Audiobook- Children's Bookhttps://autisticbookshop.com@actuallyautistic @bookstodon
       
 (DIR) Post #Abhy1ERzrsSG0vbqme by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2023-11-11T18:50:14Z
       
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       It's free to self-publish with Autistic Bookshop. I'll promote your books for you too.You'll get a sales dashboard and log-in so you can see how many books you've sold, which books, and how much you've made.Autistic Bookshop is my effort of compassion. It's a way to directly improve an autistic persons life because money brings freedom, and lots of book sales can make that happen.If you are interested in self-publishing, complete the author submissions form and I'll reach out to you.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ad6y7DX6736ULyHShE by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2023-12-23T19:56:26Z
       
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       @lowqualityfacts I have a gingerbread barn kit Iā€™m going to put together tomorrow. Itā€™s probably the same kit as yours lol
       
 (DIR) Post #AhKGvujVRUP1irmNAe by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-04-27T17:32:33Z
       
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       I made my first infographic. :)Since Iā€™m going through a bad autistic burnout myself, seems like a good topic to make a graphic about. Might be relatable for someone. :RainbowInfinity: #ActuallyAutistic
       
 (DIR) Post #AiCHMRhVTbCzL5v6iO by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-05-23T19:22:02Z
       
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       The Awkward Yeti comic.Sounds very #ADHD šŸ˜„
       
 (DIR) Post #AifIceWM0DnGta5rtY by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-06-05T09:55:23Z
       
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       Guess what https://autistics.life!We have a 2,000 character limit now!Hosting company emailed me this morning with the good news!No more threads for everyone. Yay! ā¤ļø
       
 (DIR) Post #AifIcgoVThVE0SbOT2 by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-06-06T22:32:01Z
       
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       @madeindex Not sure. We were at 500 characters the whole time, but yesterday they said they could give my instance a higher character limit finally.
       
 (DIR) Post #AifIpeg8j8X59Ks436 by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-06-06T22:49:20Z
       
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       @BeAware @madeindex itā€™s toot.io
       
 (DIR) Post #AifJgIo8m0LOfLiXg0 by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-06-06T22:52:34Z
       
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       @madeindex @BeAware I went with them (toot.io) because theyā€™ve been in business the longest. We get every little update the day it launches, no tech issues, reliable. Iā€™ve never had to worry about any of the tech stuff. Just get to enjoy being on my own instance. Even if I could have access to the code, Iā€™d want someone who knows what theyā€™re doing to manage that part so I donā€™t break anything.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aj2sxixUF813eTVPto by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-06-17T12:57:20Z
       
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       I feel this is true for all the people here on the fediverse in our autistic and ND communities.  :RedHearts: #ActuallyAutistic#ADHD#neurodivergent
       
 (DIR) Post #AlfRgcfiK8nUtZpOeu by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-09-04T16:55:46Z
       
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       In 2014, me and Nikita were staying at a domestic violence shelter. I was in the worst psych crisis of my life and in so much emotional pain. At the time no one had ever shown me love in my entire life. I was engaging in self-harm because of depression, and Nikita figured out what I was doing to myself and laid her overweight body across my arm so I couldnā€™t hurt myself anymore. She wouldnā€™t move. I leaned over and cried on her. It was the first time in my life anyone had shown me love, and it was the greatest moment of love anyone could have done for me. I never did it again.From that day on, she has taken care of me if my brain malfunctions and goes into crisis. She does things only trained service dogs do. All out of love.Fortunately, our life is the best itā€™s ever been and I am the most stable Iā€™ve ever been. I owe her the world and the happiest life possible for all that sheā€™s done for me. She showed me so much love when I had no one.She chose to bond to me, and hates everyone but me, and I am so grateful to have her. Iā€™ve done what Iā€™ve had to do to take care of her. Even when I was so poor I couldnā€™t buy myself food, but I used the last of my money to buy cat food so she didnā€™t go hungry. Weā€™ve been through so much together the last 11 years. I love this cat with the depths of my heart.Thatā€™s my story of Nikita.
       
 (DIR) Post #AlnrnlGAwaBTdAcuJs by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-09-08T19:34:21Z
       
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       Ah, this is nice.  :blob_cat_melt_love: #CatsOfMastodon
       
 (DIR) Post #Ama879gBtQulSDPKpE by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-09-28T16:57:23Z
       
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       Kitty cuddle pile!
       
 (DIR) Post #AmjwIdJ4pAIseotzfs by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-10-06T18:23:50Z
       
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       @sunguramy it doesnā€™t resize it, just lowers the file size. Some bundles have 100 images and it would be a pain to compress those on a website, delete all the photos from the listing, and then assign the compressed images to the variants all over again. It would be a lot of extra work I donā€™t want to do, and take hours. The app installed on my store resizes the new images so I donā€™t have to do anything.
       
 (DIR) Post #Amjxw0RYpsWjfAD0yW by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-10-06T20:09:12Z
       
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       @lamp @sunguramy my store runs on Shopify. I hate Wordpress.
       
 (DIR) Post #An5IqSALONZXusVdoW by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-10-17T03:17:05Z
       
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       My cats think I exist purely to give them cuddles any time they want.
       
 (DIR) Post #An5JTrTdDhaXi9K2YC by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-10-17T03:27:22Z
       
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       @eemmaa truth
       
 (DIR) Post #AnIk17wG9yv6BZiN0q by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-10-22T23:49:09Z
       
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       Silly meme that made me laugh  :blob_cat_giggle:
       
 (DIR) Post #AoFakNzJHdN6omDz72 by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2024-11-21T00:04:02Z
       
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       I went down an ADHD proverbial rabbit hole watching YouTube videos. Checked out the How to ADHD channel but I didn't find any of the videos relatable. My life is very different than most. Then started searching ADHD and Entrepreneurship. Watched a TedX talk about how 62% of the successful entrepreneurs they surveyed have ADHD. Found another one by a doctor who start his own practice working for himself. He talked about ADHD traits that are great for entrepreneurship. One was people with ADHD are risk takers. Made me realize the barrier to stop me from taking business risks doesn't exist. I just expand and grow my business, get an idea, make it a reality, and on to the next idea. He also said ADHD entrepreneurs typically have the energy to work those 12 to 14 hour days.I've been feeling like ADHD is a debilitating curse for weeks. It was nice to get a new perspective on the positive aspects of it. Made me realize I would probably not be where I'm at if I weren't AuDHD. Lifts some of the depression and self-hate I was building.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aph8uPWlSi6AHBmg3E by ashleyspencer@autistics.life
       2025-01-01T03:06:12Z
       
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       Ainā€™t that the truth lol