@falletron.bsky.social
WEARABLE WEARERS! How do you not get bugged the FREAK out by your smart device pinging your attention all day every day!?
I went cold turkey, nothing, for nine monthsβ¦but just came crawling back to my Apple Watch. Trying my best to not let it get the best of me again π«
βNo fees, no interest, no credit hit,β they said ππ« Definitely trueβ¦unless life happens!
I wanted to know exactly what happens if you miss a βBuy Now, Pay Laterβ payment with Klarna, Afterpay, etc.
Turns out, not nothing! Give it a watch π
SLEEP. Nothing like being on a work trip in a budget Hilton to make you realise how little of it you get in your daily life π«
Parenting two kids under 5 is lots of wonderful things, but βrestfulβ isnβt one of them. I feel like Iβve been running on fumes for all of 2025.
So, I tried a sleep reset!
On a work trip. A colleague just introduced me to her husband as, βThatβs Neil! He always misses the social stuff because heβs out running.β
NAILED IT! ππ
I still remember being devastated as a vegetarian by the discovery that beer (e.g. Guinness) is often clarified using fish swim bladders πΊ
Is that why Iβm not vegetarian anymore? Naaaah, that was just a knock-on effect of moving from Scotland to Texas π
π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏποΈ The BBQ got meβ¦
Full disclosure: I bought this cute lil clicker counter *purely* to make a video about breaking bad habitsβsounded fun and interesting.
It worked so well, Iβm now *that guy* who wonβt STFU about a dumb life hack. Sozzlepops, everybuddy π₯Έ
Oh, speaking of whichβ
Thatβs a mash-up with Journey to the Center of the Earth Iβd love to see π
β¦on a screen. Not in person π³ππ
Legit so many negative outcomes (think: car crash, broken bone, serious diagnoses) have a 50-50 chance of happening across your lifetime π³
Some of the probabilities I learned for this video left me shook π Let me know what you think!
Only those closest to me know what I share in this video: that I (genuinely) struggle with anger issues.
Not something Iβm proud to admit (especially the part about insulting a baby π
), but hoping that sharing my experiences & strategies might help othersβand keep me accountable to myself/yβall π₯Έ
I donβt talk about it often, but I have tinnitus (constant ringing in the ears) and also some hearing loss at higher frequencies.
Iβve obsessed over my hearing, and the one piece of advice Iβll shout/speak-at-indoor-volume from the rooftops is: wear ear plugs!
Hear all the hairy details below.
YouTube can be truly SAVAGE! π Bared my soul a bit in this latest upload, sharing about why I left and came backβ¦and the first commentβwithin minutesβwas the one word you hate to see π
βUnsubscribe.β
Thick skin, Neily!
KILL THEM WITH KINDNESS
30.04.2025 19:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Mondays make me sad π« I love a good weekend, but Iβm not above nuking the last 25% of one by pre-stressing about work
Take a gander at me trying to self-therapize through the Sunday Scaries work anxiety below π€ͺ
You know when youβre rushing out the door to take your fevery 4mo to the doctor, and your cat leaves a worms-ridden pile oβ poo blocking your path? Itβs that sort of Sunday π«
27.04.2025 15:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I looooove a good April Foolsβ prank on the news/TV/internet. Havenβt seen any mindblowing ones yet this year but Iβm hopeful! Share if you find any π€©
In the meantime, hereβs me reminiscing about my fav ones of all time π
Credit card purchases always felt like they ruined my beautifully built budgetβ¦surely entire civilisations have crashed when their monthly auto-pay hits π³π« π«£
Wanted to share this way of staying on top of credit card purchases in your budget β Iβve never paid a penny of interest using this method.
My first (self-improvement) love: BUDGETING! Getting my finances dialled in was definitely a gateway drug to all things optimisation, for better or for worse π
Just put up this video to spread the good word.
Shout out to @ynabofficial.bsky.social for always having my back π
Sometimes, I struggle with my sleep and it SUCKS.
There are so many βsleep hacksβ out there that (hot take) just donβt work, and suggesting them for insomnia pretends like we donβt have Google and havenβt already tried them.
Laying things out as I see them, hoping to help others struggling too.
Donβt chip a tooth!
21.03.2025 00:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In 2009, I made a low-budget skit about a harrowing phone interview I had just experienced π€ͺ Tragically, the algorithm thought it was real interview advice & 50k people saw it π¬π« π
To redress this karmic imbalance, I made an actual advice vid for 2025 job candidates. Hereβs hoping it helps someone!
A love letter to my Manta Sleep eye mask, in three parts:
1. How I learned to love sleep masks (and you should too!) π€Ώ
2. Treating dry eye syndrome using HEATED sleep mask β¨οΈπ΅
3. Everyone should try one, even if their eyes are wet AF π€©
I wish so bad my niche could be product recalls π Itβs such a random, harrowing space that has everything β mystery, fun, disaster π
Iβll settle for making the occasional vlog, like todayβs. Bit of a throwback to one in 2009, which was fun to get nostalgic about.
On my latest Short on what supplements I take, my attempt at a hook was something like:
βHereβs two supplements I take every day and one I definitely donβt.β
Woke up to the most SAVAGE comment π Love it, made me gasp in shock π
Here is da baby π
14.03.2025 13:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In a truly impressive piece of (meta?) procrastination, I shared my experience and strategies for dealing with the P-word in the vid below π«£
The star is for sure 6mo kitten Emmy, who makes a cameo early and then steals the show π€©
Donβt get hot and flustered π
12.03.2025 15:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Planned to make a fun lil reaction video to a Future Me email I sent hurtling to my future self 15 years ago, when I was 22β¦accidentally shared about my dadβs unexpected passing and my coming out story. WHUPPS!
Hopefully not too much of a downer π
Appreciated the opportunity to share!
Grateful for Bluesky today!
11.03.2025 13:37 β π 25629 π 912 π¬ 353 π 53The baby, she knows I went back to work. She is repaying my betrayal with a ninety minute 3AM snot party of wakefulness. Well played, Hammerbarnβ¦well played.
11.03.2025 09:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This still gives me the major wiggins. #ai #chatgpt
10.03.2025 17:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
