"I’ve lived on my own since I was 17. I bought a car and worked my @$$ off to pay it off. It needed new tires so I called my mom to ask her how to go about it. I literally didn’t know tires had sizes for Pete’s sake! She told me to just go trade it in for a new car. And I f@#king listened to her. I traded a paid off 5-year-old car because it needed new tires. You guys."
somethingwittyaz
See Lewis Black description of that time here:
https://youtu.be/CnN8nKSzIBU
I clearly recall lying in bed, I think as a high schooler so early 80s, having a serious contemplative moment about dying and came to peace with it. It was also then that I came to the conclusion that there was no point in having ambition. We were all going to die soon anyway. If I made it to 20 years old, that was good enough. Any additional years would be bonus.