Taylor Tomlinson ON: The Quarter-Life Crisis & How to Let Go of Toxic Relationships

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Jay Shetty talks to Taylor Tomlinson about why sometimes it’s okay to shift your focus on something else. Dropping out of college doesn’t really mean you’re wasting your time away. In some cases, people have found success and multiple achievements after they decided to pursue something else. These pivotal moments come and go in the most unexpected ways so we all need to learn how to spot them and seize the opportunity right away.

Taylor Tomlinson began performing comedy when she was 16, after her father signed her up for a stand-up class. She became a top 10 finalist on the 9th season of NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2015and was named one of the top 10 comics to watch by Variety at the 2019Just For Laughs festival. Her first Netflix standup special, Quarter-Life Crisis, premiered in March, 2020.In 2021,she started her own podcast called Sad in the City and in the same year she was placed on the Forbes' 30 Under 30 list. Now her second standup special, Look at You, is now streaming on Netflix.

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What We Discuss:

• 00:00Intro
• 05:03Why did he sign you up for a standup class?
• 10:34Performing on stage is still terrifying
• 18:20Dropping out of college
• 25:41It’s really about being confident
• 31:33Everything happened for a reason
• 40:51On relationships and working through the issues
• 45:02That guy who actually cheated
• 50:28Spend as much time as you need to know yourself
• 01:00:07The time that people spend alone as adults
• 01:04:53Getting this moment of peace after performing on stage
• 01:11:22Being open about your mental health
• 01:17:02Taylor on Final Five

Episode Resources

• Taylor Tomlinson | Instagram
• Taylor Tomlinson | Facebook
• Taylor Tomlinson | TikTok
• Taylor Tomlinson | Website
• Taylor Tomlinson | Netflix
• Sad in the City

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