The first post I put up for Pride month had 92 likes and 62 boosts over on Mastodon, meanwhile here on the 'gram only 91 people actually saw it - despite me having 1500 followers and sharing it to Stories.
That's not a small difference, and it's not an outlier.
Over the 28 days before I scheduled this post, my Mastodon posts had 979 engagements, while on Instagram they had 153.
Not only that, I have had more enquires through Mastodon this year, than I have had through Instagram ever.
I'm not a podcast person but if I was, I would totally be listening to ADHD: Women Exploring the Neuroverse by Rachael Massey. The podcast specifically focuses on late diagnosed women and they have some spectacular guests too.
Slightly concerned that the next week is going to destroy me but I'm going to do my best to balance all the peopling with special interests and alone time.
A5) Already working towards self sustainability with the hopes that I can be off grid, growing surplus to provide to my local community, and skilled enough to offer practical help to fix and make clothes.
Small, local community is what I think we need, so supporting community efforts ( @RepairCafe_Barry ) and encouraging people to be kind to each other and help each other is where I focus my energy.
A4) Finding a way to make it exciting or joyful might be a good shout. I find that's often a good way to get re-inspired. It doesn't have to make sense or be logical, just find a way to make it joyful.
A2) I don't think I really have any. I tend to be naturally focused on stuff, I will go do other things or give myself a break as needed, but I come back to things and finish them.
That said, the laundry bag (https://toot.wales/@alexisbushnell/112162360424416869) has been haunting me for months now but that's because I have no idea how to fix it and I'm horrified that I'm going to have to undo it all and start over.
I think I'm going to have to play about with a physical piece of cloth to understand that twist, so I'll get back you to when I've had time to do that!
I am so bad at weekends and now my work week is settling into a routine thanks to my VA, the weekend issue is getting worse.
Like I desperately need every day to be the same or for "different" days to be planned well in advance so I know what to expect when they arrive. And I have no idea how to do that with weekends because they involve other people and weather and stuff I can't control.
A5 I've largely started making to reduce my waste - when we've moved I'm going to start on my patchwork dungarees made of my old jeans which have holes in the thighs.
I'm trying to keep scrap fabric and stuff to make a yoga bolster too.
Knitting wise, the vast majority of my yarn has been very kindly donated from other people's stashes.