Ali expects getting married and having a family, not travelling the world, to bring him lasting joy (2023)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2023-12-20) · owner: Ali
Told alongside: Ali packs everything into two suitcases for a digital nomad adventure around the world (2023)
About: The Second Mountain, digital nomad
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-20 | predicted | From people he has spoken to and from The Second Mountain, Ali knows that lasting joy will come to him from getting married and having a family, not from being able to travel the world and do whatever he wants. | 4 Books That Changed My Life 00:19:54 |
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2023-12-20 · 4 Books That Changed My Life — Ali: In David Brooks's The Second Mountain, as Ali sums it up, the first mountain we climb is the mountain of the self, of achievement and freedom, of wanting to make money and be successful. — 00:16:59
- 2023-12-20 · 4 Books That Changed My Life — Ali: In Ali's summary of The Second Mountain, in the valley after the first mountain we realise there is a second mountain, of commitment and service, where life is about serving other people. — 00:17:29
- 2023-12-20 · 4 Books That Changed My Life — David Brooks (quoted): David Brooks argues that the first mountain may make you happy and give you freedom, while the second gives you joy, and lasting joy is far better than momentary happiness. — 00:17:58
- 2023-12-20 · 4 Books That Changed My Life — David Brooks (quoted): David Brooks writes that people on the second mountain have made strong commitments to one or all of four things: a vocation, a spouse and family, a philosophy or faith, and a community. — 00:19:15
- 2023-12-20 · 4 Books That Changed My Life — Ali: Many people Ali knows who have travelled as digital nomads say that somewhere between 6 and 24 months in, all the travel and freedom stops being that fulfilling. — 00:19:54
- 2023-12-20 · 4 Books That Changed My Life — Ali felt really called out by David Brooks's description of a person in the aesthetic phase of life who schedules a meditation retreat here and a Burning Man visit there. — 00:21:58
- 2023-12-20 · 4 Books That Changed My Life — David Brooks (quoted): David Brooks writes that in the aesthetic way of life, of saying yes to everything year after year, each day is fun but does not add up to anything. — 00:22:56
- 2023-12-20 · 4 Books That Changed My Life — recommendation: Ali thinks people at the stage of life where settling down appeals will love The Second Mountain, which he calls really good. — 00:23:25