Sari Botton

I mean, I did some really crazy, crazy things in the service of trying to fit in and trying to get people to like me, trying to get men to like me.

And I think a lot of people do that.

Maybe not to the extreme that I did.

But it is really important for me to not waste more time regretting all of that.

And, you know, I turned it into art.

And I...

I always have to remember that it brought me here and here is where I want to be.

And so, um, that's, that's the big takeaway for me these days.

You know, when I was promoting that memoir, it came out in 2022.

Um,

Everywhere I went, every book event I did, whenever I posted about it, people wrote in and said that they always felt different.

And what I kind of gleaned from that was that most people feel different.

And here I am thinking everyone else feels normal and I'm just this weirdo.

But everyone feels like a weirdo.

Maybe not all the time, but at big points in their lives, people are feeling like weirdos.

It is where the goal lies.

It is really the essence of who you are.

I mean, you have to find a way to get along with people and function at a job.

I mean, you have to, you know, kind of put away certain parts of yourself to get through the world day to day.

But it doesn't mean that you can't, on the side, do your stand-up comedy or, you know, make your music.