(continued) Then in high school and a little bit of college, I wanted to be a writer since I’m almost always reading. But I lost my desire for that from the field being competitive, not having the yearning to write my novel anymore, and the tasks to be published started to be tedious to me. I told my mom (I know, I’m mentioning her a lot) that I thought about being either an art librarian or a court reporter/stenographer. She told me to stick to typing or a data entry job. For now, I’m focusing on school. Now I’m going to be vulnerable, which I don’t like doing, but I have to put it out there.

I’ve never had a boyfriend, never dated, and I’ve never had my first kiss. Again, in high school, and a little bit of college, (I was at a university for two years, then community college because it didn’t work out for me), I thought being with a guy was the most important thing in the world. I’ve come to accept that I’m better off being alone, mainly because of my Asperger’s. I don’t have a lot of friends. I have one guy friend, but he’s busy trying to leave America to go to Japan. I used to have a female friend, but she was always religious and I feel she never asked what I TRULY wanted to do (I’m not implying that religion is bad. I don’t mind it as long as you don’t put your beliefs down my throat.)

My questions:
How do I improve on myself (social life, learning life skills people take for granted)?
Should I just be celibate for life?
Can anyone give me pointers on not to take criticism personally?