All the other things about living life outside the main stream.
Life On My Own A couple of weeks ago I posted about building my fortress of solitude in my 800 sq ft Retcom apartment. In that post I mentioned LOMO but didn’t explain it much. This post does that explainin. I am finally able to admit that I am now the happiest I have been in at last last ten years and maybe ever. My … Continue reading Celebrating LOMO
Life on the Margins – Outsider -Nonconformist -Eccentric – Maverick Let me make it clear that when I talk about “Life On the Margins” or any of its other descriptions I am talking about people who: I am certainly one of those, and I suspect that many who come across RJsCorner, especially those who stick around, might also be living life on the margins. We … Continue reading Life On the Margins…
“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.” – Bono Almost all of us want to be part of the social scene. We want to be part of the crowd. We check out our social sites several times a day to make sure we know what is expected of us. But … Continue reading Which Is Greater?
My in-depth study of Christianity 18 years ago showed me just how far religion has veered from its original founder. I am now discovering a similar thing happening in the psychiatric community surrounding neurodiversity. That is what this post is all about. Continue reading Diversity – Convoluted Paths & A Way Forward…
It used to be that your word was your reputation. If you break your word you suffer the consequences. But for the words in the title above, the majority of us break our word. Oh, we have all the intentions of honoring them when we say them but then things change for whatever reason. I think my Aspie traits play a part in my response … Continue reading Till Death Do Us Part… Aspie Style..
RJsCorner has been about several different things throughout its 17-year history. I truly believe that it has finally evolved into its true purpose, and that is:
Having My Say — Life on the Margins — My Artsy Side
Let’s look at these three topics Continue reading RJsCorner – The Final Frontier
I recently learned that one of my foundations in life which is Think for yourself – Question Everything- Never Stop Learning has been tagged as A Growth Mindset As opposed to the recently most accepted view that people are born with fixed and unchanging neural pathways. I have tried to live every day of my life for the last 30+ years by that mantra. Just … Continue reading A Growth Mindset vs. A Fixed Mindset
I managed to get through twenty years of my work life without cubicles. But then it had to happen. When my job was moved from Indiana to New Jersey in 1996 I went with it. I really didn’t have a choice as I needed four more years of a full pension, so off I went. Our new facilities there used to be a large warehouse … Continue reading Cocoons
Being a person with some strong Aspie traits, I just don’t handle stressful situations well. Fortunately, I don’t totally lose it as the word meltdown infers, but I quit acting like an adult and instead am a panicked kid. In autism studies, these episodes are called meltdowns, so I will call them that for the purposes of this post. Continue reading Aspie Meltdowns
I know that I am not the only person in the U.S. who is deaf. In reality there are more than three million of us around. About two million of those are like me who went deaf as an adult. That means for Indiana, where I live, there are about forty thousand of us around. But since I am not active in any deaf clubs … Continue reading Being Alone In The World
Just in case you haven’t gotten the message before. (I have very busy margins) Continue reading A Busy Margin
You might notice that there is one green apple among several red ones. It’s kinda symbolic that they are in a crystal bowl. You might say this iconically represents my life. I seem to always be the one that sticks out. I am the green apple. I used to be ashamed of that fact, but now I celebrate it. Continue reading Odd One Out
I currently have over 300 posts here at RJsCorner that are in the category Life on the Margins, and I realize that very few of them ever see the light of day via archive reads. For that reason, I will be selecting some of my favorites to re-post for those yet to discover them. Part of my legacy in life has been to help a … Continue reading Life On The Margins – Redux.
When we talk about margins, it is most often about that space on a book page that doesn’t contain any text. I want to tell you a story about how that definition might literally describe margin people like me and possibly you. Of course, that demands a personal story. Continue reading Life On The Margins – Literally
I’m going to be putting more priority on Life on the Margins (LOM) going forward here on RJsCorner. For this post, I want to explain what this category of posts is intended to be about, and then to tell you the reasons why I will be posting more frequently about it. I originally wrote the title “Life Outside the Mainstream”, but after quite a bit … Continue reading Putting More Priority On “Life On The Margins”
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