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Autism And 2020 (Look Back On This Year) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  So 2020. Hey guys, welcome back to the
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  aspy world. My name is Dan, I have autism,
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  ADHDOCD and dyslexia and I make weekly videos on this kind of
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  stuff. So if you're new around here,
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  which is doubtful because I think you'll be watching this
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  because you are coming around here, yeah make sure to hit that
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  subscribe button and turn the notifications on.
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  And if you're watching on Facebook, please make sure to
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  follow this page and on Instagram make sure you follow
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  this account. So guys 2020 what a year, what
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  year it's been Oh my goodness. The awesome people at Timo
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  teamed up for me and asked me if I would like to put my say of
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  like my reflection, my look back on this year, my my 2020 rewind
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  and all the things that my thoughts and stuff.
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  I could blog down onto a video for you guys about it.
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  So Timo is an awesome app for autism and ADD.
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  I'll put a little video here of me explaining it.
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  If you ever wondered what kind of apps I used to help myself in
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  organizing my daily life, I use Timo almost exclusively.
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  I use it for like organizing my daily life tasks, from getting
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  up in the morning to remember to take my face mask out with me so
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  I don't forget it when I'm going out.
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  Definitely check out Timo. They're amazing and that app is
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  fantastic. It's specifically built for
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  people in the autism spectrum and with a DHDI.
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  Can't recommend them enough. Please check them out.
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  Thanks, Timo. You're awesome.
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  And so if you want to get your hands on on that app, like I
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  said, you can hit that link in the description down below.
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  Make sure you do. Timo was amazing and such a good
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  company. I highly recommend it guys.
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  So 2020 is just like, Oh my goodness, it's been a crazy
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  year. We started off with forest fires
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  in Australia, then Donald Trump tried to start World War Three,
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  and then we have the American presidential election.
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  That stuff happened and you got coronavirus Where else?
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  I mean, it's just ample amounts. We have what we have, monoliths
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  appearing everywhere, alien invasions and all this kind of
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  stuff. It's just absolutely
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  unbelievable. It's been an unbelievable year.
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  Lockdowns, global pandemics, you know, dolphins swimming in
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  Italy. We've had Penguins locally here
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  in the sea. It's just been like a roller
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  coaster. But there are loads of negative
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  things that happen right in this, in this vastly changing
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  world. But there's been a lot of
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  interesting things happened as well.
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  And personally for me, there's been a lot of changes.
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  Yes, I've had depression and yes, I've had family members
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  who've been very, very sick with COVID.
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  And yes, I've been sick myself with, you know, one thing or
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  another. But in terms of, you know, all
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  the cool things and the things that I've done, what can I look
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  back on? I I always want to try and stay
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  positive and look back on the things that we did together.
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  Now as a as a global community, we managed to lower carbon
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  footprints, lower emissions and make a nice and safe and
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  healthier world. You know, in terms of climate
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  change for our children, because it's had a huge, really good
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  effect. We've learned that we can work
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  from home and spend more time with our children and loved ones
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  and that was kind of cool. You know, there are positives
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  that come out of this. Now for me personally, I've had
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  some goals reached. You know, I reached over 122,000
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  subscribers on YouTube, which is insane.
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  And and I just thank every single one of you for that.
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  I go to bed every single night and I'm blessed and I I pray and
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  I thank God, I say thank you so much for blessing me with this
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  life that the ability to reach hearts and minds all across the
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  globe and make change, which is absolutely fantastic.
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  I love that, you know, and it really deeply touches me.
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  I have had, you know, an influx of followers on Instagram.
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  I've got 21,000 followers on Instagram, which is just crazy.
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  I've got an 18,000 followers on my Facebook account, which is
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  just amazing and we're going to continue to make videos on
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  Facebook and do all that kind of stuff.
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  I hit 10 million views on YouTube.
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  I mean goodness me 10 million people have seen, you know my my
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  video is just unbelievable. I started a membership website.
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  Yeah I level of autism net my my first ever membership group of
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  subscribe people. It's just amazing.
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  It's it's honestly like the highlight of my week when I do
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  my coaching calls of those guys. It's just amazing and and FYI
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  guys if you do want to check out level of autism just go to level
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  of autism.net I'll also leave a link in the description if you
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  want to check that out but it's just amazing you know coaching
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  people personally one-on-one with with a team it's just
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  awesome and and it's been amazing I I built the site
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  myself by hand which was nuts. I haven't built a site in years.
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  Sorted out all the systems, everything, all the graphics,
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  everything. Just immense and I'm super proud
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  of myself for that. I filmed over 200 videos this
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  year, guys, 200 videos. Oh my gosh.
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  I did more live webinar appearances than I've ever done
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  in my life. All the events that I had booked
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  for this year were cancelled, obviously because of COVID.
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  So everything was done online and it was just as fun.
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  It was just amazing. It was just absolutely a virtual
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  event was just just easy. And I saved so much money on
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  travel, which is ridiculous, and time and energy.
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  And yeah, it's giving me time to reflect on on who I am.
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  So, you know, where do we go from here?
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  Well, you know, there's this kind of saying that like if you
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  are at the lowest point we've been for a while, then you can
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  only go up from here if you're having the worst day ever.
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  It's kind of like a good thing because you know, the next day
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  is going to be better than this because this was the worst day.
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  So where do we go from here? Well up, of course.
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  Like anything, everything is a wave as we know from particle
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  duality and the the split effect or the observer effect that
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  everything is, is a wave and and a particle.
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  So the wave is that we go down, we dip down and then we go back
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  up and that ride, that ride up is the best thing ever because
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  that is your positive, you know, journey to to success.
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  And what are we going to do next year?
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  We're going to achieve amazing things.
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  We're going to be hitting 100,000 on Facebook, 100,000 on
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  Instagram. We're going to be making videos
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  that will change people's lives. We're going to be building the
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  membership website so that we are forced to reckon with in
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  terms of, like, global politics for autism and change for mental
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  health and advocacy for neurodiversity, helping people
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  who have injustices in their lives, All these things we're
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  going to do. It's going to be amazing.
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  I'm so passionate to help people.
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  It gets me buzzed. I can't sleep at night thinking
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  of how the possibilities we've got lying ahead of us.
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  And I can only do it because that you guys are part of this
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  as well. And I just want to take this
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  time to thank you because without you, I'd be nothing.
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  You know, the Ashley world is a world of people.
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  It's you. The Ashley World is you.
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  We we are. It's not just me.
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  It's us, you know, And I love that.
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  So here's to next year. Here's to 2021.
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  I hope you guys have had an OK year.
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  I hope it's been as best you can make it.
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  And I hope that you guys are safe and well and will enjoy,
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  you know, cheering in the new year with me and just having a
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  blast. It's it's been emotional.
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  Guys will not know. I'd just like to thank Timo for
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  asking me to do this video and sponsoring this video.
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  So guys, make sure you check out Timo in the link in the
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  description down below. I swear you won't regret it.
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  It's an amazing app and I highly recommend it.
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  And I only recommend things I love.
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  All right, guys.