Is One Life Enough?

Lately, I've been wondering if YouTube has changed one of my favorite metaphors. In "The Bell Jar", Sylvia Plath wrote about a fig tree where every fig represented a different life she could live. She watched them slowly wither because choosing one meant letting go of all the others. But maybe the internet changed that. Maybe we don't stare at the figs because we're afraid to choose. Maybe we stare because every single one looks genuinely beautiful. For the past few months, I've been traveling full-time, trying to answer a question I've had for years: What does it actually feel like to live somewhere—not just visit? Somewhere between morning pages, Vietnamese coffee, fresh mangoes, beach walks, and probably too much YouTube, I realized something. Every video feels like opening a door into another possible life. Van life. The Alaskan wilderness. New York City. Tiny mountain towns. Life by the ocean. The more freedom I have, the more curious I become about all the lives I could still live. The world is so endlessly interesting that one lifetime doesn't feel long enough. This is part travel diary, part morning journal, and part reflection on freedom, curiosity, and the strange gift of experiencing pieces of lives we may never fully live. If you've ever watched someone's life and thought, "I wonder what that feels like," I hope this resonates. 00:00 One Life? 01:15 Why I Came to Da Nang 04:30 Morning Pages 07:20 Sylvia Plath's Fig Tree 11:45 Freedom Changes Everything 15:40 One Life Isn't Enough? #traveldiary #digitalnomad #vietnam #personalgrowth #storytelling