u/twotired4life

I somewhat recently got out of a long term relationship with someone who is not autistic. A big point of friction was that I was not engaged enough with life outside of our house, especially on the weekends. I feel like I stay pretty busy, but I'd love some outside perspective.

Friday: I get up at 6 and run before work. When I get off of work, I'm usually exhausted, so I usually try to do some light cleaning/laundry while listening to music. I go to bed pretty early because sleep hygiene is really important to my mental health.

Saturday: I get up at 6 again and go to a run club. When I'm done I usually lounge around at home for a few hours drinking coffee and playing video games or reading (I'm currently in this phase of my weekend!). When I feel rested enough I get up and deep clean my house. If I'm feeling social in the evening I'll go to the sauna or I'll meet up with friends to do something like climbing. If I'm not, I try to do something like baking.

Sunday: I'm up early again, and I run. If I don't do something with friends in the morning like hiking, I try to do something relaxing like yoga. The afternoon is usually shopping, meal prepping and relaxing.

I feel like I have a lot of downtime/screen time, but also I feel like I keep fairly busy.

What do you like your weekend to be like?

I've been running for a while, but I never ran events until recently. I ran my first HM yesterday and was kind of surprised that the top times, without exception, were all held by people in their mid to late 30s.

I kind of expected it to be like other athletic events, where college kids with time and coaches, come through and sweep events.

I'm 32, so maybe I'm biased.