Well, I hit 70 this year! "A life well lived"? Well, I think so. Utter disaster after disaster until my late 20s, but then managed to find things that worked for me. Mainly working backstage in Theatre, and involved in the production of new plays, some of which have gone on to have many productions worldwide, some of which won awards, some of which said important and meaningful things, most of which audiences enjoyed. A spell running venues for local authorities, and then became physically disabled, which knocked me back a bit. After three or four years I managed to return to part-time work, running a building housing around 60 artists and craftspeople but became too disabled and retired permanently. Own home, pension is enough to live on if I'm not extravagant.

Since then I've become active in the Green Party, seeing it go from no local Councillors to a dozen, membership up from under 40 to over 400, fed one and half million bits of paper through the duplicator for local newsletters over the past ten years, Chaired the local party for three (non-consecutive) years and have now stood back to Deputy Chair.

Love life? Mainly single, but have had periods of having live-in lovers and am still in touch with a couple of them (and one has died: his severe ADHD and homeless periods meant that he was completely unable to keep on top of regular HIV medication). I came out as gay in 1980, and have been a somewhat intermittent activist for LGBTQIA+ causes, having seen England go from limited legalisation for the over-21s to equal marriage.

Could I have done / be doing more? Probably. But on the whole I think I've had an OK life, and contributed positively to society, to those around me, and tried to make a difference to the wellbeing of the planet.

Not Asperger-specific, but there's a great TED talk on the topic https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness

A life well-lived: finding a talent within yourself, and applying it to something you’re passionate about in a way that people pay you for. So, you do something every day that you’d do even if your weren’t being paid to do it, and so, in essence, you never work a day in your life because you love what you’re doing - being fully self-expressed.

Family, friends, pets, all my needs met, a job that doesn't make me miserable, and enough time to unwind after socializing.

Being safe and happy, and leaving the world a slightly better place than when you entered it are what define a life well lived for me.

I'm living my life well when:

I'm at peace within and without

I love and am loved unconditionally

I'm following my interests and they serve me

I'm learning something new every day

I'm exercising within my limits

I'm cooking and eating healthy and tasty food

I can rest when I need to

I can use my degree to help people overcome their obstacles and make friends with their demons

I'm showing my child how to be loving, generous, resilient and strong

I respect my part of the planet and do my best to leave the smallest footprint I can

I just want to stop being in pain I guess, as soon as I can. A life well lived is one with little pain.

Unfortunately I’m not well on that, every day feels a pain in my chest from aching.

im a little idealistic so a life well lived would be knowing ive attained the freedom to do as I wish, whenever I wish. my life wouldn't be determined by societal rules and when im 70 I would want to have very few regrets of having not done things. obviously the 2 primary resources for this would be health and wealth followed by having people/animals you love

but its mainly just about freedom for me to be myself. a lot of my life has been spent by following rules set by others and as a result ive realised ive always been heavily masking and never truly been able to be or express myself with anyone

im also currently in the "survive" mode but the goal would be a mix of survive + thrive