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I don't use Amazon anymore and have been using eBay for odds and ends, filtering by UK only, but recently I've had 2 items delivered from/by Shein. Any ideas what that's all about?

Hehe, software developer here... there are several of us at my work place!

Ah yes, I forgot about the exhaustion! When I'm motivated I'm on fire and can go all day but when I'm in a lull just getting some tools out of the cupboard feels like too much.

It's funny what the barriers can be as well, like getting the tools could feel like a massive pain, but once I've got them the enthusiasm comes back and I'm on my way again. Sometimes I have to sit and try to work out what the blocker is and make that one small task the priority.

Sorting stuff out is a big job, it'll feel so good when it's all done!

I used to start projects, get overwhelmed then give up and start a new one (mostly home renovation stuff).

Since diagnosis I've learned to break things right down as you suggest and fully complete each task before moving on.

For example I'm decorating my dining room and won't move onto the next wall until the previous one is finished. In fact one wall has a couple of alcoves which are a bit fiddly, so for that one I've broken it down even smaller to finish one alcove before moving onto the next.

I'm half way through one of them (no progress/motivation since Christmas) and currently more interested in garden related things, but in the mean time the room is still functional with just one iffy looking bit instead of it looking like a building site!

I used to beat myself up for not being able to finish things, so it's nice to finally be able to relax and ride those waves!

There's also Mensinator which I've been using for basic period tracking. No tracking, European and built by women.

posteo going well for me too!

Despite SMS not being secure I'm determined to stop using WhatsApp and haven't installed it on my new phone. My old phone has WhatsApp business with an auto reply saying to contact me on signal or send a text. Granted I don't have a huge contacts list but 4 people have started using Signal and the rest send a text, so this is good news in my book.

This is such a good idea, thanks for sharing!

Waiting for my data export to come through from Amazon then will be deleting my account. Facebook, Insta and WhatsApp already gone then it's just Google to deal with!

This is a question I've been pondering too. I'm not a huge TV watcher anyway but might want to watch the odd movie here and there still.

I'm using an app called Thunder and I have voting turned off for posts. For threads I have an up vote arrow when the comments are expanded, but if I collapse them I can see the count, which kind of does what you're asking? No idea how I managed to get that configured though.

I've been trialling Here We Go in my quest to move away from Google and like it better than all the others so far.