Life Success-Special Interest?

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When I started researching AS, with the enthusiasm of the newly diagnosed, I read how we supposedly has 'special interests'. I also read how 85% of us are un-/under-employed.

As time has gone by, and I haunt WPs employment forum, I'm becoming aware of something, developing a theory.

Some of us have a single special interest. Some of us have multiple special interests. One thing I've noticed, even with NTs, is that success seems to go hand-in-hand with singular focus. A goal is defined and worked towards.

Is it possible that there's a correlation between how many special interests we have and which of us (supposedly 15%) have success in life?

If so, would a logical strategy for success in any Aspie's life, not just employment, be to work out a goal/desire; work out what our special interests are, prioritize them; then delete/subjugate all of them except those most relevant to the specific goal?

It would be a sacrifice. Require discipline. But no more different than what any successful person has had to do.

Not that I'd know. I'm at the bottom of a deep hole. If my theory has merit, I might use it to climb up.

That's the rub. I have several, none particularly career worthy. If I don't subdue them, I'll get nowhere (they take most of my focus), but trying to stick to one is so difficult.

I'm toying with the idea of taking the theory (thought) out of them, reducing them to their most simple prac. Like exercise or martial arts. They can be simplified, routined, then done without giving them undue attention, leaving attention for other things. This way I'd get my special interest fix without letting it take over.

I'm able to focus on just those interests that I want to make a career out of...or help with my creative writing.
If I really wanted a job I would have to focus more on my photography which I'll probably have to do next year.

I now live in a place where my skills could land me a good job. If I don't get the photography job I can still work on my book or study graphic design and art and hopefully get some job I'd be good at and actually have a passion for.

I've just been used to living in an area that wouldn't offer those jobs and had high unemployment rates so when a job opening came up everyone jumped on it. I've already been offered a job in a cafe which I wouldn't be very good at. But if I ever get desperate it's there for me.

Life success would be a very good obsession for an aspie to have.

Hey CR. Your blog needs updating