Chris Williamson (123:37)
So I didn't meet any of my grandparents. I mean, I met, like, when I was, like, one or something like that. One of them, I think. But, yeah, that happens. And that is the cost. Time. The first thought I had when I saw my daughter is that I wish I did it sooner so I would have more time with her. And that's the first thought I saw when I saw her. Like, I was like, what did I do now? I'm not regretful of my life. I love how it turned out. And I met the woman that I want to create a family and have a life with. But, yeah, you think about it constantly. Time. I. I always heard people talk about it. And you see. I mean, it is. It's cliche, but time. Like, how do we get time every. I don't buy expensive, really. Like, I think when I first got money, I got some, like, watches or whatever. I think it was this, like, form of validating myself. I think it was this, like, outside. And it was like, yeah, I've. I've achieved some success. Let me get a watch. And, like, I retrofitted this justification. I was like, oh, the gears are so nice. It's not about that, but, like, time. Everything. I'll spend my. It's like a trip, but the trip is soaking up this undivided time with family and friends. Everything is how Can I spend time with my family? I'm lucky. I work with all my friends. My guy who does all my partnerships I've known since I was 13 years old, is my first friend in high school. My manager, who's just my partner, is my first friend from college. Everybody is family in the group, so I'm very lucky in that regard. But how do we spend time? What do we do? And, like, even I'm going to do press for this. And I'm like, okay, you gotta. You gotta go and you gotta get the word out. Okay, that's gonna be probably a month of going to get the word out, you know, okay, that's time away. How can I get that back? Can. Okay, can I take a month off in summer and just lock in how do I spend? Everything I've ever heard from parents is. It goes fast. Old people talk about time in the way that young people talk about success and money. People don't really talk about success. And when they do, it's like, kind of weird. Like, they're not like, oh, I killed it in the market today, or something like that. You're just like, oh, is that what you're excited about? Nvidia went up, like, who gives a fuck? Like, oh, I'm taking a trip with your mom and we're going to her favorite place, you know, and, like, everything is this reminder of time. You know, my. My wife's mom has a, you know, disease. This is slowly killing her. It's this reminder of time. My dad has dementia. This reminder of time, and it's fleeting. And, like, the memories that I'll have of my dad exist forever, but we'll never make new memories together, you know? And it's like, this is like, how much time do I have with him? How many actual days do I have with him? And, yeah, I haven't fully processed, like, this, the importance of that, but, yeah, it's just this amazing. It. Yeah. As I reflect back, like, I think I have lived a life where, like, I. I was able to soak up things with my friends. But, like, I. I worked. I don't think I've ever not worked seven days. But, like, my 20s, I didn't celebrate a birthday. Like, I was just doing comedy on the road for no money. Like, anybody would let me go on stage. So I get better at the craft. Like, I. I still had fun. I went, I had good time with my friend, but I wasn't like, partying, partying. Like, some of my friends were, like, I would say when I was like, on tv, I was like, my friends have way better sex lives. These guys are on Tinder doing, like, you know, having fivesomes. And. And I'm just, like, trying to write. It was that. That decade was sacrifice, you know, I didn't drink for, like, 10 years. I was like, I need to lock in. I gotta. Gotta get good at this shit. But, yeah, how can I. I'm fortunate enough to, like, get a couple bucks and, like, have a family at 41 years old. All right, maybe we wanna have another kid. How can I organize the rest of my life so that I can just spend time so I can go out to have a dinner with my wife? And we're just joking around and, like, looking at silly pictures of our daughter and busting balls. Just, how do we have as many of those moments as I possibly can for the rest of my life? How many times can I, like, peak die laughing with my friends? Like, every once in a while, you hit that moment, something stupid happens, and, like, we are just on the floor laughing. Can I have a hundred more of those? Can I have a thousand more of those? How can I organize my life so I can have as many of those as I possibly can? And how can I not waste time with people I don't really care about? I think it goes back to what you're saying. It's like, am I going to waste time on trying to deal with what this person on the Internet is saying, or should I just read the same book to my daughter 20 times in a row and I should do that. Yeah.
