THE SOCIAL MISFIT-2
The social misfit PART-2 The other day I tried telling someone who lives near my home about my fixation of routes when I walk. I gave an example of how I have a very strict fixed route for my post dinner walk, to which this person said- "I do that too, I have a route ( which was explained) to keep a track of how much I walked" This immediately shut me down not being able to explain at the moment how the two are different. The person kindly said everyone has a little neurodivergence. What I could explain that day ( because of a "shutdown") is that my post dinner walk is strategised not to count how much I walk but by the rule that I create a closed loop of the route and each loop should cover each winding lane twice once I finish the loop. I mark the turning point of a street by counting the number of manhole covers and walking only in a sharp rectangular edge to edge street turn. This is an example of one of the nth routes I have in my system . Each with its own r...