When you’re younger, you think life is just going to “happen” for you and you’ll be successful just because. You wait around for it. When you start to get around 30 is when you realize it isn’t going to just happen. You have to go out and make it happen.
Uncle Joey is legitimately the only human being I've ever met (and I've never even fucking met him) who's been able to articulate my level of pain. I owe this man a lot haha.
I’m 25 today; and I think I’m finally starting to realize that I’m lucky that I saw my father homeless on the streets twice at 19. It set me on the right path to pursue becoming an electrician apprentice and not just doing crappy jobs and being the complete opposite of what I saw in my childhood, Uncle Joey, thank you for your countless advice in all aspects for every single one of us.
Going through this now. I was an addict for about 11 years. Got out of rehab two years ago and I’m now laying down in my parents room at 4am In the morning. I’m finally moving out on Monday as a 28 year old. I can’t wait for some peace haha. God bless you all. Keep going everyone. It’s never too late 🙏
Im 21 and I notice im going through the same things I seen other 21s go through, now im looking at 25-30 year old and thats when the real change happens from what ive seen.
It’s when your testosterone starts to fall off significantly. Couple that with a brain that just fully matured a few years ago, you’re thinking clearly rather than risk taking. Think about how many guys in their late 20s you see on Tosh.0
Yeah man I feel what Joey is saying. I’m 24, and my turning point was 23/early 24 and I feel this. Life goes so quick, and you don’t worry about life untill you realise that you are in a real bad spot. Sometimes you gotta hit rock bottom to change your shit around
I'm 25 and broke and been jobless for 2 months. I feel okay because this is the first time i haven't been working. Cheer up man there's always someone else out there that has it bad.
Same most of my peers in every industry are like this. 29 just not of jail no license & laborer on a pretty big construction site living in a dumpy spot next to a freeway. Living with gram & grandpa. Makin 14$ hrCompare your self to that guy ..
It’s amazing, this video was uploaded 4 years ago when it would’ve been useless to me. Watching it right now it resonates so much. I’m still not taking life seriously, but we all mature at our time. Motivation and consistency is what’s needed.
Me too brotha, I'm 31 and Uncle Joey always has me looking at life from a different perspective. He makes me realize a lot that I'm on the right track but I can always do better and can always work harder.
Fuck most of that hit home. 32, out of options, scamming/hustling/scheming just to get through another day doing kid shit/drugs etc with literally nothing going for me. Showering and keeping my room clean regularly would be a significant turn around. I really hope that someday I can be Joey's age and reflect back on right now being the time I was finally able to pull it together and regain a life that's actually worth living
Im 27 & completely lost mostly because my mind is governed by fear im so scared to put my all into something & get nothing out of it or loosing the comfortable life i have now but it is boring & depressing everyday same shit same small ass check just smoking weed watching movies something gotta give but idk how to create opportunities for myself because im not good at anything but one day i pray some catastrophic situation forces me out of my own way & i have a bi polar disorder so one day i may be motivated & face the world then the next day i’ll feel like it wasn’t meant for me to be shit just another human with a job getting by i wont settle if im like this at 40 i’ll take myself out i can’t do it
Look I was a alcoholic at 19 got me shit tgdr at 21 I'm 26 now and havnt touched a drink I smoke weed I keep me shit tgdr...try rehab pal even if ye don't get sober ye get tools that will help you in life..try it
@@lean.2366 I'm not going to try to do anything to try to convince you to change or anything but I feel you bro cuz I think we were all there at one point. Not saying this to denigrate the significance of whats going on to you either. Shit sucks bro. But I can honestly also say from experience that drinking robs your soul in its own right. Not to the severity of blow or God forbid meth and heroin but drinking is definitely up there. Listen to your brothers. Put down the bottle. Pick up any number of the metaphorical joints that your bro's are holding out to give ya and light that number up. It's Sunday November 17. I dont care what religion you are it's the *LORDS* day. Kick that fucking mule and most importantly the monkey that's on your back because that shit is no good and more deserving of a kick then the fucking mule if you ask me. I'm sending this to you out of love bro.
Keep on keeping on bro. I'm 29 now and never really drank but I know that life does get easier once you begin to understand you only have yourself and that's okay. Just enjoy life. Be healthy. Smoke reefer. Trip sometimes. Help others.
About to turn 29 soon, and nobody is 29 - basically 30. Like Joey i love to just get by, drifting and not being responsible. But if I want to give I have to get and if I want meaning I need responsibility. Thank you Joey, this is a reality check. I’m getting a life, I’m the man.
We need to have more conversations like this as a country. I think the social media age has brainwashed people into thinking that life should always be entertaining and that our only goals to strive for are happiness. Life is a lot more deep and serious than many people are comfortable with esp in this age
35, gonna be 36 in a few months. My life has felt like a was on cruise control and just imagining things would work out. Now I've been through my dad passing recently and just feel lost, I still have dreams, but I can't get out of my own way. I still want to have hope, but my times just ticking away.
I had the wisdom at a young age to hit it hard.. but then I realized I was still lost af and burned out af - mostly from gaslighting brothers who made it seem that all my hard work was nothing. I’m 32 now. Had some hard moments personally and professionally. Now I’m readying myself to get back to it and back on it. Take care of your health first and foremost, it’s the only way you’ll make it long term. And make sure to rest when you can.
Im always gonna cherish the time I have watching these clips, more so with my guy Joe alive. Stay well brother I needed you my childhood when I was making stupid mistakes
I don’t feel so alone anymore. I’m 29 about to turn 30. I lost my Fiancée, the home we lived in, our dog, our life. Moved back home with my parents. I have a full time job but barely making ends meet cause of my credit card debt . I’m broke and don’t even have $100 in my savings. This is a rare opportunity to really turn my life around. I have a business that I’m passionate about. I’m taking 6-7months or maybe even a year to pay off my debts. Then I’m quitting to go full time with my business. I want to be a millionaire or at least well off by 40. It starts now.
This is actually very very deep from uncle Joey. I used to mess around with a French model a few years back...stunning girl but no work ethic at all. She earned a fortune working as a childminder 3 days a week for wealthy families. Complained she couldn't afford a home yet turned her nose up at unlimited overtime from the families she worked for, and had dreams of being a model. She literally had no interest in doing anything with her life other than being paid for how she looked...however time was catching up and she's now in her mid/late 30s, and still hasn't made it. She will wake up one day and realise she has wasted her life chasing one thing while not developing any other area of her life or skillsets...sad
So glad Uncle Joey is talking about "being 28" Because I'm 28 till tuesday and I've wanted to hear from someone with experience to know what "being 28" should feel like
@@travisnelson9104 parts of what he said dont apply to me so it makes me have a bit of confidence in my decisions -- however the overall message was a welcome insight
There’s no such thing as a certain feeling for a certain age. Hi situation is common, because it’s one of someone who hasn’t accomplished anything up until a point. Most people don’t do anything with their lives. If your life is similar to his at that age, you’re a loser. Joey is trying to say, if you’re like him and you’re a loser, don’t make the same mistakes he made. I’m 28 now, I’ve accomplished so much, I’m extremely happy now and live 15 min from Times Sq. I’m not saying this to brag, (we can always do better) I’m saying it because in contrast, no one is the same, if you’re 28 with 0$ it’s not “normal”, it’s you, which is normal.
‘Jim Rohn - Life is Serious’ is my favorite speech of all time. That speech made me 8 hours a day while I worked Pest Control to get a cushy government job doing IT. Jim Rohn changed my life.
I’m glad the comments here are supportive to each other. You won’t find that on Facebook. I don’t care how much better you got it than others if it bugs you then it bugs you. Me personally, I don’t know what the hell im doing or why I’m slightly just lost. In my friends and other people’s perspective you would say I have a great life at 21.. me and my wife live comfortably. I’m in the military and she’s working as well. I have about 16k in my savings, a nice car and a beautiful wife... we live a great comfortable life but I still feel like I’m doing something pointless. I can’t put my finger on it but I’m just lost in my life sometimes.
I'm in my early 30s now and I'm at that point Joey talked about where the path and way to doing something with my life is right there. I am in that moment where I realize I gotta do something to change my life otherwise I'll be in my 50s living that bs life he described. The only thing though is I'm still struggling. Mainly with drinking. I know if I stop I'll get there but it's pretty hard. Getting the motivation and desire to put in the work is tough because it's really an uncomfortable decision to carry out...but as an adult someday we need to make that choice.
Life is super hard, making the right decisions is super hard, but eventually its worth it. Dont give up on yourself. Alcohol will do you no good. Chase ur dreams and believe in urself.
I really identify w Joey's honesty. Seems like he really doesn't want people to make the same mistakes most of us have made. Good shit. He been where I have been and experienced the same feelings I have. Love that guy
I’m 18 bout to be 19 And I have it good, too good actually I’m stressing trying to think about a plan for my life I have ideas but the scary part is taking action knowing you’re going to go through hell for a bit
I'm 19. I've been homeless twice. There a lot of rock bottoms, and they are way deeper, and way darker than you could possibly imagine. Take the leap man, it'll make you stronger. Or you can hate yourself and the shame of your weakness will weigh on your chest until you can barely breathe.
Take time off to understand who you are... I was able to have two years to myself to figure out who I was... now I do art... and I love it... still broke like a bike with one handle bar... but I’m managing to handle life. 😎
Thanks for this Uncle Joey i made the decision to be a Father at 19 im 26 now and I've been grinding it out ever since and from time to time i need a reminder on why i do what i do and this really helped alot man love you and lee love the show Stay Black!
Hell yeah I mean marine corps sucks and it’s annoying getting yelled at but all in all, life is good. Minimal bills, drinkin, having fun, doing badass shit and at the end of the day they’ve got your back. Yes it’s strict, yes it’s annoying but I’m reality that shit is easy asf
The dream came true in the end 😮I keep hearing that god will give you want you want if you let him but it’s not always in the ways you want… something like that
It really is amazing how much this man has helped so many people. I'm "celebrating" 3 years of sobriety in a couple weeks, had to start life over at 40 and I'm not proud of it but thanks to this man's inspiration I've learned that it's okay as long as you pick yourself up, polish your nuts, and get out there and try your hardest again. But the exciting newness of sobriety is wearing off and the struggle of life is getting to me. Not enough to go back to that goddamn bottle but my mind is going to dark places. Thank the gods for Uncle Joey. And cheers to everybody else in the struggle, hang in there, and never forget IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MOTHERFUCKING DAY TO BE ALIVE.
it's so surreal, I am 26 years old. the first few moments describes my life exactly. But, last year i had the same realization now i am working towards being more finically stable.
Joey's point at 2:30 is so true. There was an attractive girl in my college class that everyone wanted. I barely said one word to her since so many guys were after her. Nine years after graduating, we ended up working at the same company, coincidentally got in touch and hooked up.
@@jose_s_bam7938 I fell in the bathroom and instead of putting my elbow on the ledge of the window I put my elbow through the window. Came out with a 4-5 inch cut. So deep that I could see the fat inside my arm. Nasty stuff. Thank God everything worked out fine and no tendons or arteries were ruptured. It was literally a freak accident.
Man really needed this I need to watch this daily cause I've been being a pussy about putting the work in on this wrestling shit for a while thanks Joey you and Joe Rogan always hit me with some crazy shit outta left field I need fuckin friends like you guys
I just turned 37 in May. I'm moving into my first "house", which is a "remodeled" single-wide trailer that I bought for $30,000. The bathroom door doesn't even shut because it's too big for the frame, and the master bedroom has a sagging, cracked ceiling. Needless to say, my life hasn't gone the way I wanted it to. Still waiting for that lottery ticket.
Dude they want 300,000 $ for a trailer in a real Dumpy spot off the freeway in Arizona lol But property tax is only like 40-75% or something which is great
Wow. I used to not like Joey for some odd reason. I’m sorry. After hearing this man I can see now this man is extremely knowledgeable and good spirited
I don't comment much at all but this hit home for real I'm 28 living with my buddy and his girlfriend I feel like I'm in the way working a deadened job driving an illegal car back and forth to work trying to save up enough money to bring my mom up and take care of her and just be somebody I still don't know what I wanna do with life sometimes just wanna say forget this and hustle but I moved to Maine to get out the hood and to get away from a woman I thought I loved so things in Maine have been great best decision Iv ever made with my life just damn this life shit is hard and this hit home because it shows me a lot of ppl don't know what to do next at 28 .
Im 23 right now and when I talk to my friends, most of them seem to be doing well. It can feel as if there is this blue print for everything that you don’t have. I know that people will tend to act as if things are better than they are (especially men). I know I’ll look back 10 years from now and realize my perspective was so wrong. Another decade will pass and I may think the same. It seems impossible to not be lost right now yet Im only receiving the opposite perspective from the people I know
I did four years in the USMC. I was going to do 16 more years, but I fought hard enough to get an honorable discharge in lieu of a medical one. In hindsight I should have let them medically discharge me like they were trying to do. Hindsight is 20/20
