A Ditherer's Diary (again)

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GeorgianaCavendish said:

Prolific can be so unpredictable, I had nothing for weeks and then on Monday I had a bunch of surveys and was able to cash out nearly £8! In the summer, I kept the website open and was ready to pounce on new surveys but work has got a lot busier since Sept so I've let it slide a bit. 

How are you doing with your receipt apps? I use Storerewards and Shoppix, I'm nearly at the £10 cash out on Storerewards and about 30% of the way to £20 on Shoppix. I've had them for just over a year but I've only really been regularly uploading receipts for the last few months, so not too bad at all! 

Hi, sorry to bother you but I recently made it to the £10 mark and cashed out but I got an email from paypal saying that OURCART ltd had sent me £10 and I needed to claim it by 10/1/23 but everytime I do it it just sends me round in circles, I wondered if you had had any problems with it? I think OURCART must be the company that makes the app. 

GeorgianaCavendish

rowrowrow said:

GeorgianaCavendish said:

Prolific can be so unpredictable, I had nothing for weeks and then on Monday I had a bunch of surveys and was able to cash out nearly £8! In the summer, I kept the website open and was ready to pounce on new surveys but work has got a lot busier since Sept so I've let it slide a bit. 

How are you doing with your receipt apps? I use Storerewards and Shoppix, I'm nearly at the £10 cash out on Storerewards and about 30% of the way to £20 on Shoppix. I've had them for just over a year but I've only really been regularly uploading receipts for the last few months, so not too bad at all! 

Hi, sorry to bother you but I recently made it to the £10 mark and cashed out but I got an email from paypal saying that OURCART ltd had sent me £10 and I needed to claim it by 10/1/23 but everytime I do it it just sends me round in circles, I wondered if you had had any problems with it? I think OURCART must be the company that makes the app. 

Hi @rowrowrow - you are right, OurCart Ltd is one of the receipt app companies.  I don’t remember any issues like that, I’ve had more than one cash out now and they’ve just gone straight to my PayPal. Sorry I can’t be more helpful! 

Naomim

Hi All,

Thought I'd pop in and give a not much of an update.

So I'm smack in the middle of peri menopause which probably accounts for a lot of how I've been feeling over the past year or so. Unfortunately I can't start on HRT as it turns out I have high BP and an underactive thyroid. On medication and now medically exempt for prescription charges which is a bonus. Hopefully once my levels return to normal I can look at HRT. My relationship with MrM has taken a nosedive but some of this is also because I reconnected with someone from my past. Nothing happened or happening but they are on my mind a lot. Probably because I'm unhappy so I'm fantasising!

We are going on a family holiday to Turkey in July. I'm just taking one day at a time. Things aren't awful, we get on but I just feel towards him more like a sibling than partner.

Work is incredibly busy. I moved teams, went for promotion but didn't get it but, not too concerned. 

 I just don't have the time or energy to look at the budget really. I've ignored it for a year or so now. I know some of the credit cards are now interest paying and I need to see if I can do some balance transfers but not being offered many as most payments are minimums now. I cancelled my ynab as I just wasn't using it. 

House is still a tip, cooking is hit and miss as I can't be bothered. Just your usual midlife crisis I think. 😔

Sun_Addict

I used to see your comments on other threads so I’m sorry to read things aren’t great at the moment 🙁 I hope things improve for you soon. You’ll get there - one step at a time. Following to cheer you on. 

dawnybabes

Hopefully if you can get the HRT sorted everything else will fall into place. 

Naomim

Thanks @Sun_Addict and @dawnybabes hopefully I'll start getting my head sorted and get back on the groove.

Life just feels so meh at the moment. I feel like I'm done with family life and just want to escape on my own somewhere. The one thing I have done is set up a running pot in Monzo where I'm squirrelling my tilly tidies incase I really feel the urge to go. 

Sun_Addict

I think it may be the hormones that are making you dwell on the person from your past. The peri menopause is a horrible time as your emotions are all over the place. Throw into the mix kids and their hormones and it’s not a good combination. Could you join an online support group so you know it’s not just you. I totally get how you feel with the running away as I’ve been a carer for my OH for 10 years now and am desperate for a break from looking after him. Also had the nightmare with kids a few years ago plus arguments with OH about it, just awful would not want to go back to that time 😞 

WinterWarrior

I’m so glad to see you back. I think a lot of us feel meh all the time, but just mask it. You look around at all these seemingly happy people around you and wonder what their secret is, but underneath the front they probably mostly feel as meh as we do. I couldn’t tell you what would make me happy, I’ve no idea 🙄 The person from your past will seem exotic and different now, but I can almost guarantee he’ll leave his pants on the floor or refuse to cook because suddenly he’s no good at it (even though he managed quite well on his own)…I’ve no idea where those examples came from 🤭 Menopause really messes with your emotions too 😒 

Naomim

Thanks for commenting @WinterWarrior

I do have a great friend group and we're all similar ages so finding the same problems and not embarrassed to share but I don't want to keep offloading all the time. 

I think the reason the person from my past seems exotic is because he was my first love. But I need to put it into perspective that we were teenagers and had carefree lives then. Thank God he lives a LONG way away from me so not much contact or anything.  There's also the fact my libido has disappeared. MrM gained lockdown weight - and then some and I just don't find him physically attractive.  We have talked about my libido but obviously I've pinned it all on my hormones. 

I know I need to get organised financially and make sure we aren't paying for things we shouldn't be and get the credit cards sorted. Busy week with work coming up but I might try and get it done one evening. 

GeorgianaCavendish

It's really nice to see you back Naomi but sorry to hear how tough things have been. 

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism a number of years ago, and it really took it out of me until it was under control. With everything else you've got going on, I'm not surprised you feel a bit rubbish but hopefully once you are on the right doses things will start to feel better. 

Don't worry too much about the MSE side of it. Just do what you can when you can