Video Summary - My New Life In My New Apartment As a Software Engineer

Festival vibes (and boundaries)

A festival was happening in the backyard area, which made the neighborhood feel “like the center of everything.”
The creator hates festivals due to anxiety/crowds and a personal past experience—going as a kid made them get “turbo sick.”

Since owning a place for the first time, the focus is making it feel like home without rushing.
They mention not having a proper dining area yet, and plan to fix it later.

They’re building back a morning routine, but also realize it’s important to do nothing sometimes.
During vacation, they took weeks fully off (no coding/YouTube/etc.), and it felt refreshing.
Key takeaway:
- Breaks aren’t “unproductive”—they help prevent burnout and can increase inspiration and output afterward.

They use monday.com to track work items (“tickets”) for a portfolio app they’re building: a stock/crypto portfolio tracker in one place.
They highlight monday AI agents as “interns” inside monday.com that can:
- work with context from the workspace/projects
- flag delays
- write reports
Examples of how they use it:
- Tickets are labeled by type (task/bug, etc.)
- AI assigns priority and points based on ticket descriptions
- They delegate a research agent for topics like best practices for UI/UX architecture
They recommend trying monday.com and note a free trial.

This apartment marked their first real cooking there.
- Previously, they ate grocery salads most of the time, and had “skier bowls” otherwise.
They wanted a kitchen island with bar stools, but quotes were ~$6,000, so they’re delaying it.
Plan:
- Buy a regular dining table now
- Get the kitchen island done early next year (especially since Q4 tech/video upgrades are coming)

Adding plants made the space feel more “homey.”
There’s a desk/monitor setup issue caused by a door obstruction:
- They may need to saw a piece off the tabletop (not ideal, but necessary).
The “weird door” commenters discuss is explained as a French balcony (glass doors for views).

They enjoy the apartment for downtime:
- playing Call of Duty
- enjoying being alone and having a childhood dream vibe of chilling in a high-rise apartment
Backstory:
- A friend named Milo is opening a cocktail bar
- The creator attends a menu tasting and tries several drinks
Apartment amenities mentioned:
- access to a sauna
- a bathtub with a view of the main bridge
- a jacuzzi
- enjoying coconut water while relaxing

They “spawned” in Estonia, with a ferry cost of about $20.
They spent the day in Tallinn (Talin):
- walking around casually
- eating cinnamon buns (noted as going viral on TikTok)
- bees also swarm the buns