Life @niallon11

Life @niallon11

A series of random blogs on my thoughts and actions in the world.


So bored I'm growing trees for fun.

6 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments niallon11

This is how little there is to be doing anymore. Saw this orange tree getting thrown out at work and said I would try to bring it back to life and grow it instead. I used to have a friends and a life. Now I'm growing trees for fun. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ Still I ha...

When exhaustion sets in.

24 Mar 2020 3 minute read 1 comment niallon11

I won't lie. It's been a tough few weeks since the corona virus came to light here in Europe.Ref:The media, the panic, the uncertainty of it all. It's funny how something which started out as a total panic here in Ireland has so quickly become a matt...

Corona shopping, What are your essentials?

15 Mar 2020 3 minute read 1 comment niallon11

I think that by now the Corona virus has started to affect the lives of most people across the world in some way of another. I know in my country we went though the original stage of panic when schools and businesses shut down in an unprecedented mov...

Working in retail during the corona panic.

11 Mar 2020 2 minute read 2 comments niallon11

Panic, just sheer panic everywhere. That's the reality of working retail right now. Regardless of the fact that we only have 24 confirmed cases in the whole country. As of just now we have one virus related death for a person with underlying health...

Manchester, England and Old Trafford.

28 Feb 2020 3 minute read 1 comment niallon11

This wasn't my first trip to Manchester and it most certainly won't be my last. As a person who has followed Manchester United football club since I was a young child it has always been a great place to spend a weekend. The first trip that I made was...

Getting your routine right.

28 Feb 2020 2 minute read 0 comments niallon11

Ref: Pixabay Working in retail like I do makes your routine so important. My life has changed a lot recently so my old routine just doesn't cut it any more. Since before the xmas there has been so much going on in my life that it feels like there isn...

Writing for the love of writing.

20 Feb 2020 3 minute read 1 comment niallon11

If you are anything like me then you have a head swirling full of thoughts. Good, bad, sometimes genius, sometimes ridiculous but always a constant narrative going on behind the scenes. I've often been told that I am very closed off and few people ge...

'Come Out Ye Black and Tans' rockets to Number One in Irish and UK iTunes charts

12 Jan 2020 2 minute read 2 comments niallon11

Sometimes I just love Irish people. In response to the now postponed commemoration of the RIC as mentioned in my last post here. The arrogance and ignorance of politicians ย  A show of public influence, a song by the Wolfe Tones, " Come out Ye blac...

The arrogance and ignorance of politicians.

10 Jan 2020 6 minute read 7 comments niallon11

Ref:Pixabay We all know over here in Ireland, how little politicians actually care about doing a good job and representing the people whom they are elected to represent. My question is when did this swing into full blown indifference about their liv...

Why are some people more successful? Part 1.

5 Jan 2020 3 minute read 3 comments niallon11

source: I was given a book to read lately that had a lot of interesting concepts in it. Some of which really relate to the work that we are doing on STEEM right now. I found some of these concepts very interesting and wanted to break down a few of t...