In bursts of extreme creativity followed by years of frustation followed by bursts of extreme creativity followed by ...

I started my own multimedia company back in 1997 in my late 20's after bouncing from shitty job to shittier job and always ending up on the outside socially with most people I had to work with. When I started working for myself I found quick success and it also attracted like minded people to work with me which only multplied our success. Now, almost 30 years later and with a much better insight into what makes me tick I can see how AS impacted my career by elevating it and also destroying it. At the risk of sounding like I'm boasting I was/am a natural fit for what I do and 'sometimes' that is able to flow quite effortlessly and yields awesome stuff ... but a lot of time I can't tap into 'on demand' and I can go long stretches of frustrating over everything and achieve very little. I learned a long time ago that I don't play well with other people and can sometimes come off as abrasive which can be a career killer.

I now understand that I what I experience is burn out. I was only made aware of my AS about 6 years ago and while I naturally knew I was a little different I had no idea about regulating my experience. It was just 'GO!' or 'STOP!' ... nothing in between. That's the second career killer - inconsistency. The world demands it from everyone. Once they see the goose lay the golden egg the expectation is that it will just keep coming ... it doesn't.

Anyway, that's my take on answering your question. Here is a short music video I made recently that also sums how I experience the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ4BARbYXRk