Jane Lively is an autistic lifestyle blogger in McKinney, TX, who shares posts on neurodiversity, life with chronic illness, and blogging tips.
I create a lot of Sims. Every major household I play needs an extended family for continuity and story goings-on. I struggle to play Sims who don t have extended families, even if they re estranged from their family. This is an ongoing list. Notes disclaimers Cultural names: I researched most of the less familiar names [ ]
As an autistic lifestyle blogger, I ve gotten quite a few questions about autism over the years. I ve come across social media posts asking why autistic people did something that non-autistic people do, as if it s suddenly wrong when an autistic person does it. Are autistic people just shy? No. While some autistic people may be [ ]
Growing a lifestyle blog in 2026 is harder than it was in 2016. Less build-it-and-they-will-come, more intentional effort. Because of this, the assumption is that lifestyle blogging is dying. Lifestyle blogging isn t dead. It was never dead. What s dying out is cheap, effortless content anyone could put out. You may as well be playing Fetch [ ]
Last year, I began declining mentally and physically only this time, I didn t stop til a hospitalization. My heart stopped beating for 10 seconds in January due to stress. I ended up on a leave of absence I predicted but I didn t expect to be out for 3.5 months. The first half of 2026 has [ ]
It s been about 13 years since I had a therapist. Me having one again is not celebratory in my opinion. For me, the milestone lies in having a therapist who felt like a good fit. I also had a psychiatrist I didn t mind seeing. Then Geode Health billed me despite me having insurance. Before I [ ]
As someone just getting into medicine from the patient perspective, I am having quite an interesting experience lately. I ve got lots of medical trauma in my history, being medicated by authority figures armchair diagnosing me. Did you know there s an immunization schedule for adults?! Cause I sure didn t. Up until December, I pushed through all [ ]
16 years ago, I hoped I d still be blogging as my job. While it doesn t replace my job yet, my blogging efforts are on the way there. So in some ways, I ve progressed more than 2010 me thought I could. Blogging has changed so much across nearly two decades. I watched the shift from hobby [ ]
Creative Fabrica lures you in with a 30-day free trial that is actually only 10 free download credits. That is the first red flag. It s easy to miss or think, Well, it s only 10 credits. I ll cancel afterward. This is the most logical step, no? Free trials should be free trials, not subscription traps. Signing up [ ]
My blog was accepted into Journey by Mediavine last year. 2025 was the first year I actually consistently made money from this thing. That shift changed how I think about blogging entirely. Making money from a blog isn t like blogging as a hobby and I had to learn the hard way. I went from [ ]
As a lifestyle blogger, topical relevance is the difference between a random, thrown-together blog trying to be taken seriously a blog with established topics run like they all connect to each other Does this mean no one will land on your blog and criticize it for lacking a niche? No. But…every single page on your [ ]