A.R.T.
As someone with AuDHD, I often have competing needs and desires.
My ADHD craves the stimulation of a good social hang, but hates the work of planning ahead for it. Not to mention the additional sting due to rejection sensitivity dysphoria when people turn down an invitation.
My autism craves routine over planning, too. I don't want to make a bunch of decisions. I just want to know I'm going to roughly the same place, at the same time, doing something I want to do.
And it just so happens I have pretty much every Thursday night free to myself.
One way for me to encompass all these concerns of mine is to establish a routine of going to a place to hang, and making it an open invitation to anyone that wants to join me. Hence, Another Routine Thursday, aka A.R.T.
A.R.T. is a low-key gathering to hang or cowork together. Each Thursday, I'll take my laptop to a bar, and either people join and we hang out, or I get some work done. At the very least, I get out of the house and have a couple beers. Win-win for me.
If you're in the Portland area, I'd love for you to join me some time. For now, I'm going to Beer at 1410 SE Stark St at 7pm every Thursday. Come have a pint.
