Mo Gilligan (19:26)
Yeah. And I think it's important to look, man, have you struggled? Yeah, of course, you know, where, you know, in the position that I'm in now, you know, and I think I've kind of like it's hard because I think before the success, you know, you're struggling because you might not be where you want to be in your career or your, your life path. And that was at a time when I was probably like later 20s. And I always say 28, that period is a wild time in your life. And you know, there's some people that, you know, like people who are into astrology and there's this whole like Saturn returns and all this stuff. I don't know what it is, there's something in the water. But it was the weirdest time in my life because I think it's the time where, you know, you spend your 20s at the beginning of your 20s, like, whoa, I can, I'm an adult, but I'm not, but I can do all these things and I have this freedom and I can have a part time job and you are, we can kind of sit in that comfortable space. But then there is a part of our ourself that goes back to that 15, 16 year old and says, ah, but you wanted to do this, you know, you wanted to have a wife and kids at 25 or you wanted this in your career. And as you get to that point of like, I'm about to be 30, it's like the clock is almost counting down and you know, it's very easy to look left and right of like, wow, you're, you're doing that 23 and you're really successful or you know, you're doing that at 27. And I'm 28 and I haven't, I haven't hit my pinnacle, my peak yet. And that was probably myself when I was like 28, where I started comedy. I was 19 and I'm going around the country doing all these shows and I knew, I always knew I was good. I was, I'm good at this thing, but it's not paying off. I'd go to a lot of these, you know, production companies and they'd say, oh yeah, we love you man, you're great. Yeah, And I asked my manager, oh, did he want to do this pilot thing or did he want to do this and be like, yeah, they really loved you. Don't you know what to do? Like, with you? Like, everyone loves you, but I don't know what to do. I was like, oh, am I going to get. And it's not like a big break, but you are, like, close to giving up because you've not seen anything come to fruition a little bit. Do you know what I mean? So I think that was the hardest period. And then when everything happened, it's like, you know when I say when everything happened, but, like, putting out the videos on social media and then doing a tour and everything else, it's like you get. You ask the genie for all the free wishes and you get it, but then you realize you're like, ah, okay, I don't know if this is all I want. And I think that was the biggest struggle because now, you know, I get to a place where I'm like, this is all I ever wanted. Getting my first big check. Yeah, I lost myself in a way that I wasn't there. Not I wasn't there, but I just think mentally, like, I struggled in the sense of, wow, this is all I've ever wanted. I've got the big check, but I'm not in the happiest place of my life right now. And I think it's that pressure that I put on myself before to be like, I need to do. I need to do it. And then it gets done, and then you get a bit. I got my big check. Or, you know, could be for some people there, the job they've always wanted or the card. And you realize this isn't really what I wanted. And I was massively depressed, man. Massive, massively depressed. And I think it's that pressure we put on ourselves as people, especially in that period of our 20s where we put all our eggs in the basket. And then when you put those eggs in the basket, you get to the later part and all the chickens have hatched, and you're like, hold on, wait, I didn't need this many. You got one running over there. You got one shitting over there. This chicken's going to cross the road and be like, wait. And you're like, okay, no, I can't physically, mentally deal with this. I know I wanted to put all my eggs in one basket, but now they've hatched, I don't really know what to do. When in actual fact, it was just that I just need to Put one egg in the basket and just raise the chicken as well as I could. And I think that's what I realized once I got 30, where I was like, ah, let me breathe, like, you know, this is it. You know, let me take my time with this opportunity. Let me maybe say no to this thing, because I've seen. I don't need to rush the process. And, you know, for any young people listening, I always say, like, enjoy your 20s, man. You know, it's the period where you can experiment and see if it's right for you, if it's not what you want to do, what you don't want to do. Not that you can't do it in your 30s, but, yeah, you're able to. To have that fun, but don't give yourself the pressure that society puts on you. Do you know what I mean?
