This applies to many niche skills. I didn’t learn astrophotography from school, I learned it by getting my hands dirty & spent every night learning how NOT to do it.
If you want to do something, just start doing it. Waiting for someone to teach you might leave you with nothing.
Stop glorifying urgency. Not every dream needs to be chased in panic. Some of what is meant for you will require patience, rhythm, and a nervous system that finally feels safe enough to receive it.
Founder of lululemon on what he'd tell every 25 year old:
"I'd tell them that every person in the world is an individual with a different genetic makeup and a different upbringing and the way that you're thinking is so radically different than every other person in the world and incomparable that if you have an idea and you want to move forward with it, don't worry so much about the competition because nobody will be able to replicate you and the way you think about it."
Autism is a lifelong condition often characterised by:
-an inability to bullshit
-a pathological need for fairness
-a compulsion to help others
-an inexplicable need to expose hypocrisy
-an excessive tendency to let other people be
There is no known cure 🙄.