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Revamping My Living Room - Day In The Life

2020-10-14 · Vlog or day in the life · Ali, James · recording, 7:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Relationships and personal life (also: YouTube, writing online and creators) · mode: Demonstration and walkthrough · tags: Sponsor segment present

In a season-four day-in-the-life vlog, Ali edits Book Club scripts and then, with his friend James and his housemate, builds a media unit, a bookshelf and a bed, has a TV wall-mounted and takes delivery of a Herman Miller Sail chair, to make his living room less productive and more fun.

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 opener: revamping the living room; a late start after a Twitch stream and the morning chores

  • ★★ In season four of his vlog, themed the Unemployment Diaries, Ali spends a day revamping his living room to make it a less productive but hopefully more fun space. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Up late the night before doing a coding live stream on Twitch, Ali turns off his alarm and goes back to sleep. — 00:00:00 · Twitch
  • ★ Ali makes coffee with his Chemex and a variable-temperature kettle that was a gift from the YouTuber James Hoffmann. — 00:00:29

00:00:58 — Approving Angus's draft and editing Book Club scripts on the iPad

  • ★★ Angus, a member of Ali's team, sends him a draft of an upcoming video to approve, and Ali is impressed by how he put it together. — 00:00:58 · Angus
  • ★★ On his iPad Ali edits the structure of a Book Club episode on Ryan Holiday's The Obstacle Is the Way. — 00:00:58 · Book Club, iPad
  • ★★ Ali's preferred way of taking notes from books is Notion on one side of the iPad screen and the Kindle app open on the other. — 00:00:58 · Notion, Kindle, iPad
  • ★★ Ali spends about 40 minutes editing the script of an upcoming video on Jay Shetty's book Think Like a Monk. — 00:01:27
  • ★ Ali's grandmother calls him from Pakistan and they chat over WhatsApp. — 00:01:27 · Ali Abdaal's grandmother, Pakistan

00:01:56 — James arrives; media unit, wall-mounted TV, Herman Miller Sail chair, Apple TV and PlayStation set up

  • ★★ Ali picks up his friend James, a friend since age 11, at Cambridge railway station, and they head home to build furniture. — 00:01:56 · Cambridge
  • ★★ James is the co-founder of SixMed, Ali's first business, which they started in 2013. — 00:01:56 · 6med
  • ★★ Ali credits James with inspiring him to learn to play the piano. — 00:01:56
  • ★★ Ali and James build a media unit to hold his PS4 and the new Apple TV 4K, and one day a PS5 if it ever comes back in stock. — 00:02:26
  • ★★ Installers from John Lewis spend about an hour wall-mounting Ali's new TV. — 00:03:08
  • ★★ Ali takes delivery of his new desk chair, a Herman Miller Sail in blue and white. — 00:03:08

00:04:21 — Nebula and CuriosityStream sponsor read

00:05:48 — New bookshelf, storage for camera gear, dinner and the bed in his housemate's room

  • ★★ Ali builds a new bookshelf to replace his black and dark wood one, because he wants a light, airy theme for the place. — 00:05:48
  • ★★ Ali reuses the old bookshelf in his storage cupboard to hold camera and tech gear. — 00:05:48
  • ★★ Ali and his housemate Sheen (as heard) build the bed in her room, the last piece of furniture, with help from her friend Elsa. — 00:06:55

00:07:24 — Iron Man 2 and sign-off

In the description and comments

  • ★★ Ali Abdaal (channel): Asked for an updated tour of Ali's home, the channel says it is working on it. — creator comment
  • ★★ Asked whether he may damage the walls of a rented place, Ali replies that he is not renting his home. — creator comment
  • ★ Ali Abdaal (channel): The channel confirms that James is the friend from whom Ali bought his Apple keyboard. — creator comment
  • ★★ Asked to choose between Keychron and IQUnix keyboards, Ali says he prefers IQUnix overall. — creator comment
  • ★★ Ali Abdaal (channel): The channel confirms that Ali's housemate Molly has moved out. — creator comment · Molly Hunt

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Mentioned

Central: James

Also: People: Ali Abdaal's grandmother · Angus · James Hoffmann · Jay Shetty · Ryan Holiday

Projects: Book Club

Works: The Obstacle Is the Way · Think Like a Monk

Organizations: 6med · Gymshark · Herman Miller · John Lewis · Twitch

Places: Cambridge · Pakistan

Products: Apple TV · Chemex · Herman Miller Sail · iPad · Kindle · Notion · PlayStation 4

Only in the description or credits: IQUnix · Molly Hunt

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