A Realistic Week in My Life as a Software Engineer in Seattle (work, friends & YouTube)

This week I tried to prove that work-life balance isn't a myth — even with a full-time job at Amazon, a YouTube channel, and six friends crashing in my apartment. I filmed a video in 15 minutes while hosting guests, sat through a 9 AM meeting my manager didn't even show up to, caught a 5:30 AM ferry to Olympic National Park, fell off a paddle board into freezing water, and descended a cliff on my butt because I couldn't trust my legs. By the end of the week I was playing poker until 2 AM and hadn't checked in with work in two days — because I didn't need to. This is my most honest answer yet to whether you can actually have it all. 🎬 Related videos: You can’t have it all in your 20s:    • What I lost while chasing my dreams (and H...   What I spend in a week in Seattle:    • What I Spend in a Week in Seattle as a 25 ...   A week of my on-call life at Amazon:    • Going On-call at Amazon after the layoffs ...   🌟 Socials: Instagram: @aprilsrambl TikTok: @aprilsrambles Subscribe for weekly uploads!    / @aprilsrambles   💮 Timestamps: 0:00 intro 1:30 Day 1: Thursday - Hustling & Hosting 4 friends 6:07 Day 2: Friday - Grinding & meeting up w/ a friend 8:51 Day 3: Saturday - Bainbridge, Olympic cabin, Hot Pot Night 13:02 Day 4: Sunday - A very scary hike & deer on the trail! 15:44 Day 5: Going back to work full swing 🔑 Keywords: day in the life software engineer, corporate life vlog, work life balance vlog, day in the life of a software engineer, coding vlog, software engineer day in life, seattle software engineer, 25 year old software engineer, seattle living, software engineer week in my life, realistic week vlog, balancing 9-5 and life, work life balance 2026, seattle tech worker, juggling work and friends, week in the life vlog, software engineer lifestyle, hiking vlog seattle, tech worker week in my life, tech industry vlog, olympic national park, software developer lifestyle, working in tech vlog, april's rambles, aprilsrambles, woman in tech, ex amazon engineer, #seattle #corporatelife #worklifebalance subcount: 626 editing time: 10 hours