Shaka Senghor

26 I guess I was 26 something like that and you know my whole life I'd been paycheck to paycheck always broke you know and for the last five years just hustling as a comedian trying to get by I was just as happy that I didn't have to have a regular job I was just a comedian but I was always broke

And then all of a sudden I got, I think I got $150,000.

And it was like this enormous weight was lifted off my shoulders.

It was the craziest weight.

It was like physical weight.

I was like, now I don't have to worry about my bills.

Every month it was like, can I pay rent?

Can I keep the lights on?

Can I afford gas to get to my gigs?

It was just like that.

I was like barely getting, no health insurance, no nothing, nothing.

Just barely getting by.

But that physical weight, I'll never forget that.

I was like, that's the most important thing is to not worry about your bills.

Absolutely.

But then everybody's worried about, like, Bob's got a 22-foot boat.

I've got an 18-foot boat.

Like, Jesus Christ, man.

All things that don't really matter when it comes down to it.

Yeah, it's like that, there's an, I forget who said it, comparison is a thief of joy.