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Collecting My Tesla Model 3 - Day In The Life

2020-09-27 · Vlog or day in the life · Ali · recording, 10:03 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Tools, apps and tech (also: Relationships and personal life, Productivity and time) · mode: Review and recommendation · tags: Family

Opening season four of his day-in-the-life vlog, a month into his sabbatical, Ali collects his Tesla Model 3, compares it with his normal car, shares a project-list productivity tip and works through his day.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Season four of the vlog, the unemployment diaries, opens at his mother's house

  • ★★★ Ali opens season four of his day-in-the-life vlog, themed the unemployment diaries, one month into his sabbatical from medicine, which lets him spend all his time making videos. — 00:00:00

00:00:29 — Breakfast, a dropped phone and setting off to collect the Tesla

  • ★★★ Ali and his brother Taimur drive to the Tesla collection centre near London Heathrow to collect Ali's new Tesla Model 3. — 00:00:29 · Taimur Abdaal

00:00:58 — Driving a normal car before the Tesla: noise, acceleration, comfort

  • ★★ Before getting the Tesla, Ali notes how noisy his normal car is on the motorway, from the engine and from outside, so that a conversation needs a raised voice. — 00:00:58
  • ★★ For general day-to-day driving, Ali says, he does not need particularly fancy acceleration. — 00:01:49
  • ★★ Ali rates his normal car 10 out of 10 for comfort: it does everything he needs. — 00:02:18
  • ★★ Ali suspects his standards for a car may rise once the Tesla arrives, since he does not yet know what he is missing. (hedged) — 00:02:18
  • ★★ Asked by the Tesla to give it a name when he first gets in, Ali names his new car Hermione. — 00:02:18

00:02:35 — Collecting the Tesla Model 3, naming it Hermione, first drive impressions

  • ★★ After his first drive, Ali says the Tesla Model 3 feels kind of the same as driving any other car. — 00:02:56
  • ★★ The Tesla Model 3's sound system is significantly nicer than that of Ali's normal car, so he can listen to his audiobook in better quality. — 00:03:46
  • ★★ Ali finds the Tesla seat no more comfortable overall than his old car's, which he puts down to simply getting used to a seat. — 00:04:15

00:04:44 — The project list tip from Building a Second Brain

  • ★★★ Ali's productivity tip: keep a list of all the projects you are working on, ordered by the effort or attention you want to give each; it has transformed his productivity. — 00:04:44
  • ★★ Within an hour that morning, Ali says, he got much done and delegated other bits that he never would have before having his project list. — 00:05:08
  • ★★ Ali learned in the Building a Second Brain course, which he is taking part in and mentoring, that a project list is one of the biggest productivity boosts, though few people use one. — 00:05:08 · Building a Second Brain
  • ★★ Ali promises a more detailed video on the power of the project list. — 00:05:08

00:05:52 — Physiology teaching prep, a nap, lunch and a drive to the Supercharger

  • ★★ Ali prepares a physiology teaching session that he will give over Zoom to his first-year medical students, whose exams are coming up. — 00:05:52 · Zoom

00:06:35 — Supercharging and more driving impressions

  • ★★ At a Tesla Supercharger, Ali's Model 3 charges from 38% to 80% in about half an hour. — 00:06:51
  • ★★ Tesla recommends charging the Model 3 to about 80% unless going on a long journey, Ali says, because the final 20% takes longer. — 00:06:51
  • ★ Ali has heard that charging the Tesla's battery all the way too much harms its quality. (hedged) — 00:06:51
  • ★★ Ali enjoys the Tesla Model 3 most when accelerating in town; at 70 mph on the motorway it does not feel much different from his normal car. — 00:07:21
  • ★★ The Tesla Model 3 feels quieter than Ali's normal car, most of all when driving slowly; at 70 on the motorway the outside and wheel noise remain. — 00:07:21
  • ★★★ Halfway through his first day with the Tesla Model 3, Ali thinks buying it was totally worth it: it is very pleasant to drive and makes him feel cool. — 00:08:01
  • ★★ Ali joins a mentor session of the Building a Second Brain online course, in which he is a mentor, and talks with students in breakout rooms about their aims for their second brains. — 00:08:01 · Building a Second Brain, second brain

00:08:12 — Mentor session, Superorganizers interview, scripts, gym and evening

  • ★★ Ali gives a Zoom interview to Dan of the Superorganizers newsletter about his Notion setup and the behind-the-scenes of his personal productivity. — 00:08:30 · Notion, Zoom
  • ★★ Ali plans some upcoming Tesla videos in detail and spends about 20 minutes writing scripts for more videos. — 00:08:30
  • ★ At the gym Ali spends 40 minutes doing only two exercises, too caught up in the audiobook of Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. — 00:08:59
  • ★ Before bed Ali and Taimur practise the harmonies of the song Something Stupid by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman. — 00:08:59 · Taimur Abdaal

00:09:28 — Sign-off

In the description and comments

  • ★★ Asked whether the Tesla Model 3's interior is made of poor-quality plastic, Ali says he can't really tell and quite likes it. — creator comment
  • ★★ Ali Abdaal (channel): The channel says the to-do lists with progress circles shown in Ali's videos are in the app Things 3. — creator comment · Things 3
  • ★★ Ali Abdaal (channel): Asked whether Ali plans to move to the US soon, the channel answers: not anytime soon. — creator comment · United States
  • ★★ Ali Abdaal (channel): Asked which app Ali uses for his project list, the channel answers: Things 3. — creator comment · Things 3

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Mentioned

Central: project list · Tesla Model 3

Also: People: Ali Abdaal's mother · Dan Shipper · Leigh Bardugo · Nicole Kidman · Robbie Williams · Taimur Abdaal

Works: Building a Second Brain · Crooked Kingdom · Modern Family · Something Stupid · Superorganizers

Organizations: Gymshark · Tesla

Concepts: hedonic adaptation

Places: London Heathrow · St Albans

Products: Notion · Tesla Supercharger · Zoom

Only in the description or credits: Things 3

Also centred on project list: 15 Lessons that Improved My Life

Also centred on Tesla Model 3: How I Bought a Brand New Tesla Half Price · 1400 MILE Road Trip in the Tesla Model 3

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