Recommendations
Below is a list of services I use every day. Everyone's threat model is different, so please do your research before making your decision.
Please note some links below may include referral links which may lead to me getting a small discount on my renewals if you sign up via the link.
I have Proton Unlimited, which gives me Mail, VPN, Calendar and Drive
💬 Secure Messaging
🕳️ VPN
I have Proton Unlimited, which gives me Mail, VPN, Calendar and Drive. However I did find some Proton VPN servers were being blocked. These were obscure services and it may not be applicable to most. I bought a 6 month Mulvad subscription as a trial and it has been rock solid. YMMV.
📓 Encrypted Notes
I had a Standard Notes subscription, and it works well. I'm not great at note taking and when I am I always feel like they are a mess. But thats a me problem. However when it cam around to renewal time, I had a hard time justifying the ~$128 AUD price for the year. So I Figured it was time to try something new and I landed on Notesnook. Full price it lands at about ~$85 a year however goes on sale fairly regularly and I was able to grab it at 40% off.
Standard Notes has recently been acquired but Proton, so I'm hoping by the time the my Notesnook subscription is up Standard Notes may have been worked into my Proton subscription.