forcing myself to have a life outside my tech job

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Wake up, work, scroll, sleep. Wake up,

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work, scroll, sleep. [music] Lately,

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I've been living on autopilot. Working

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my tech job by day, and by night, I'm

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either cooking, cleaning, or chronically

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online. Just [music] kind of existing

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before the weekend comes and inevitably

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goes. The funny thing is, it's not like

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I don't have time. It's that I use it to

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revenge scroll and procrastinate. Just

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one more episode of Bridgerton and oops,

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it's [music] time for bed. Like, what

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happened to the life part of work-life

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balance? It's scary to admit I don't

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[music] really know what life looks like

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without autopilot, but it's time I

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[music] try to find out.

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The other day, I realized I don't really

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make much of an effort to find new

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places to eat, and I keep defaulting to

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the same few places, like Chipotle.

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[music]

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But today, I thought I'd try a new pho

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place I found. Let's see how it is.

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>> Okay, I am back in my apartment.

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Normally after work, I come home and I

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um bed rot for hours scrolling on my

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phone, but today I'm not going to do

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that. I'm going to try baking. [music] I

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literally have never baked in my entire

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life. Actually, I lied. I did bake one

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time in my high school culinary class,

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which I almost failed because the

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muffins that I made for my final turned

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out like this. Um so, this is my

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redemption arc. I've lived in this

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apartment for 3 years [music] now, and I

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have literally never turned on my oven.

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Okay, this looks doable.

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Does this count as golden brown?

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I hope it's not burnt.

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>> [music]

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[music]

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>> Started. Hopefully, I don't burn my

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[music] apartment down.

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>> First time using an oven, wish me luck.

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>> [music]

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>> Oh my gosh.

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They're becoming [music]

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cookies.

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Moment of truth.

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You [music] must be joking. Oh my

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goodness. I made this.

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>> [music]

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>> We have gathered here today to taste

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test this gorgeous chocolate chip

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cookie. Cheers.

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Oh my

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Woah.

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>> [snorts]

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>> Do you see? It's like crispy on the

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outside, but when you bite into it, it's

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like perfectly soft, but not too soft.

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Genuinely, these are like one of the

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best Okay, I'm I'm glazing myself. I

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have to give it like an 11 out of 10.

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Sorry. I should be disqualified from

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judging my own cookie like that. If AI

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takes over all our jobs, just know that

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I'll be a chocolate chip cookie baker.

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>> So, I thought this morning I would do

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some journaling. I used to journal a lot

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in college. Like, it was the main way I

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processed things in my life, but I don't

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know. I feel like when I started

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working, I just made less and less time

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[music] for it. So, this is me making

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time.

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>> Got the cookies.

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>> GGP is so beautiful. I have no idea why

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I don't come here often. Since I'm

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already in the area, I think I'm just

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going to go to the ocean. I haven't

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really been there in a while.

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>> I feel like this setting is making me

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reflect a lot. Maybe the journaling

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thing got to me a little bit. I feel

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like for the majority of my life, I've

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just been chasing. Like, I hit a goal,

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and then immediately I'm like, what's

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next? It worked for me in a lot of ways,

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but somewhere along the way, I kind of

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stopped being in my life. I was moving

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through it, but like not [music]

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actually in it. And moments like these,

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I've missed a lot of these.

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>> [music]

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The video follows a creator who realizes they are living on autopilot, trapped in a cycle of working and procrastination. Seeking a change, they embark on a journey to break their routine by trying new experiences like eating at a new restaurant, baking for the first time in their own apartment, and returning to journaling. These small steps lead to a moment of deep reflection at the ocean about the importance of being present rather than just chasing the next goal.