improve my hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills?
Hi, I'm 27, F, was in and out of the school counselor's office all throughout elementary school and walked away without any diagnosis but since I was a girl in the 2000s that may not mean anything. (I think I had autism & adhd assessments at the time?) My parents had me go to some weird therapy thing where I learned to juggle and write with both hands as a child. Looked the place up and apparently most of their clients are children with autism and adhd. Getting a diagnosis isn't feasible for me right now-at the moment, I'm looking for coping strategies.
I struggle with working memory, a sense of direction, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills. I am trying to improve these things with hobbies (crochet, embroidery, learning the ukulele), but it's hard to keep up with them and I kind of suck at all of them. To make things worse, my current job requires a certain level of manual dexterity that I don't really have.
I'm trying to find a new job and pivot away from my career field into something where I DON'T have to work with my hands or measure dangerous chemicals, but I'm tired of bumping into things and dropping stuff. I have bruises that I don't even know where they came from. I have google maps to help me deal with my bad sense of direction, and I carry a compass with me sometimes because it's easier to think of things in terms of cardinal directions when I don't actually know where I am.
What should I try to cope? On my worst days I feel like I'm still that kid who lied to counselors and well-meaning teachers to avoid being associated with the stigma of special ed. Thanks.