I have been absolutely obsessed with IT: Welcome to Derry. I’ve read Stephen King as a kid and I get so happy with all the little easter eggs, story, lore, etc. Many characters, places he writes about can show up in another book and some movies have little easter eggs to both its original source material book vs. Other books or movies. Super cool.

Each episode has at least 20 minutes of Easter eggs

• Rechargeable AA or AAA batteries
• Electric handwarmers
• Lotto Tickets or scratchers
• Travel Board or Card Games
• Charging accessories
• Darn Tough vs. Fun Socks
• Phone Stand
• Mini tripod
• EDC stuff like Olights

So many things…

I met her in person! She’s super funny!!

Arc electric lighters

I have a balance board at work, and if weather permitting take my dog on a 10 min jog every day… I hate jogging but 10 mins is less than 1% of your day (15 mins is 1% of your day)!

I also do daily stretches.

I have an app called Finch that keeps me accountable by gamifying habits.

Any way you can learn new skills or get certs while you work? Take on a project to put on your resume? Help others? Hopefully, you will find something that challenges you or make work more appealing during your day?

Second coromon! Its my favorite monster catcher besides Pokémon. Nexomon doesn’t take itself seriously and is a nice filler for Pokémon as well.

I let them know in person then make my letter as you do

There’s so many I can think of because there are just too many books that have such a great story or good characters.

I recently finished Some Desperate Glory and can imagine it as a TV series.

Admittedly, some of the works I have enjoyed I selfishly do not want another version of it: Project Hail Mary (movie coming out with Ryan Gosling), dungeon crawler carl they’re trying to make live action. I could go for animated but unsure about live action.

Apple has picked up a bunch of book based TV shows. I read but haven’t seen Pachinko.

So I was in charge for music for my class lol. I chose “Heroes” by Alesso and ToveLo

I have someone I work with that brushes her teeth at work. I admire her dedication.

He has a book called Paddle Your Own Canoe where he talks a lot about this.

I did the audiobook and its preachy but not a bad listen. Essentially, dont be a shitty human.

I really like Monster Train. Its my favorite after Slay the Spire.

Picked up Doom Eternal for like $4, which is not bad at all. Believe can get $4 of gameplay out of it even if its not as good as predecessor.

Same here. I also like to use it to save time on things. My work has all my info and their policies anyways so i use it to make meeting minutes, make emails summarizing policies or announcements, finding mutual scheduling times, etc. I can do all these myself but its so much faster.

I only really use AI at work and keep my work off my personal devices.

Yes to AITA. You’ve made several posts like this, dont follow any suggestions presented, decline to change (does not matter if youre neurotypical or not), I think even took another position in nursing and still miserable. If you are this miserable, as hard as it may be, likely would be worth a career change.

Not me but my now husband at 27. I laid my head on his chest going to sleep and heard wheezing. I asked him if he always wheezed lol. He thought he was just out of shape and combined with really bad allergies. Respiratory conditions suck.

My dogs use Earth Bath Oatmeal and Aloe and I like it

Reading the other thread you cross-posted from and being a nurse myself, I agree with the other comments and answers found in the original thread.

You don’t have to like the answer but people generally are asking not to be prying but to be social with you and involving you to be inclusive, whether or not you are neurotypical. That is nice of your peers and honestly, practicing these behaviors for your patients too would help with your job. You are encountering individuals at their lowest: when they are most vulnerable, in pain, in discomfort, stressed, anxious, alone, etc. Part of the patient healing process is support and connection with their healthcare team, which would include you. Patients may do the same thing, ask you questions similar to those of your peers to get to know you or form a connection.

For your peers, you can disclose you are not neurotypical to increase understanding and let them know you are having issues with socialization but there should be some efforts to work with your team as well as with your patients. Healthcare especially in an acute setting as your answers so far has implied is a super social job and if not being social is your thing, there are other positions in healthcare that are not as social in nursing: utilization review, MDS RN, transfer center nurse, picc line vs wound care nurse just for specific tasks, etc.

Besides the top answer of situational openers, sometimes people ask what you’re up to or what you’ve done. I would always keep in mind three things that I’ve done recently or even interesting observations I’ve had in last week or so.