A Therapy Center for Autistic Girls & Women
She Rocks the Spectrum
My Money Operating Manual
You were handed money advice written for a different brain. This is where you write your own - short, specific, and yours. Keep it somewhere visible; a brain that loses things will lose this too.
Organizing support, not financial advice: This is your own reference, not financial, legal, or tax advice. For specific decisions, a qualified professional or non-profit counselor can help.
How my money brain works
My tells (when I overspend, when I avoid), my strengths, my dopamine truths:
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My systems that actually work
The handful you'll keep - not the whole menu.
The automations and simplifications I'm keeping:
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My early-warning signs & resets
What a money spiral looks like early for me - and the small reset that helps:
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My supports & people
Who and what I can lean on - a partner, friend, financial therapist, non-profit counselor, a tool:
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My one-line reminder for hard money days
The sentence that pulls it all together:
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This is yours now: Managing money with an ND brain is maintenance, not a cure - and you now hold the instructions, written for the brain you actually have. Put it where you'll see it.
