Ditching People Who Don't Serve You: Coming Out and Career Choices

• 1:02:29Tim wrestles with whether he could live outside New York City, noting other comics moved to LA.
• 1:03:12So much of life revolves around a shitty career, even when it's a good one and you've done great things in it.
• 1:03:42Quoting Kathy Griffin: the only award in comedy is to say you're still doing it.
• 1:04:01A lot of people now aren't standing in the rain—they think they're in it but it's just a gray day.
• 1:04:14Tim saw an old show flyer from seven years ago and realized a lot of those comics quit and moved into writing.
• 1:04:43A gig writing bits for radio once a month felt like a day job, even for $150—he'd dread the entire time.
• 1:05:19The biggest thing Tim figured out: he didn't need the people he thought he needed.
• 1:05:43When Tim came out of the closet, he realized his friends might not like him anymore, but who cares.
• 1:05:54Every decision—moving to LA, wearing a wig in a video, going on Logan Paul's podcast—Tim approaches with the same attitude: people might judge, but fuck them.

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