---
title: "Age 30 in Video"
description: "If you have ever wondered if life was worth living :)"
url: "https://blog.gatsbydai.com/age-30-in-video"
published: "2024-02-09T18:03:00Z"
updated: "2025-01-20T02:44:00Z"
authors: ["Xiaojun Dai"]
---

# Age 30 in Video

If you have ever wondered if life was worth living :)

![](https://blog.gatsbydai.com/assets/uploads/6bd60e202c7e6d6c4859683d3ed323e7.jpg)

Inspired by my dear friend [Alex](https://alexandrashiluk.com/), I started recording [1 second every day](https://open.substack.com/pub/gatsbydai/p/age-30-in-video?r=15vcff&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true) at age 30.

When I walk into my 30s, I have noticed that my desire for so-called “novelty” has grown into something else: I wanted my life deeply rooted in the most mundane details, with my own feet standing on the ground, open my heart and appreciate all the tiny beautiful things:)

Also, I have learned that change and loss come hand in hand. To make some change, I have to let sth go, for instance, the gray cover that comforted me for years, the same jogging route in Golden Gate Park, my “go-to” defense of avoidance, or even my identity as a therapist.

Because look around, everything changes, the good, the bad, and these have nothing to do with good or bad. And life sometimes is weird. It’s so weird: dazzling and terrible, cruel and breathtaking, painful and beautiful.

Looking at these moments, how could I even wonder if life was worth living?