# A Medal, a Mirror, and the Weight of a Character

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118711991699157501
- Source account: [@lisadbym](https://x.com/lisadbym)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:30
- Published: 2026-11-07
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/NV3d8lFImFT0/en/a-medal-a-mirror-and-the-weight-of-a-character

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/NV3d8lFImFT0/en/a-medal-a-mirror-and-the-weight-of-a-character) And I went in the bathroom, and the medal was sitting on the bathroom counter.

[0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/NV3d8lFImFT0/en/a-medal-a-mirror-and-the-weight-of-a-character?t=4) I put it on, looked in the mirror, not a stitch of clothes on, and looked at it and says, "What the hell did I just do?

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/NV3d8lFImFT0/en/a-medal-a-mirror-and-the-weight-of-a-character?t=11) Did I build this character up so much I'm stuck with him for the rest of my life?"

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/NV3d8lFImFT0/en/a-medal-a-mirror-and-the-weight-of-a-character?t=17) You know, is he so big now that I'm stuck with him?

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/NV3d8lFImFT0/en/a-medal-a-mirror-and-the-weight-of-a-character?t=20) 'Cause there's so much more to my story than that. I thought, you know what?

[0:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/NV3d8lFImFT0/en/a-medal-a-mirror-and-the-weight-of-a-character?t=23) My whole life I've just been here for everybody else.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/NV3d8lFImFT0/en/a-medal-a-mirror-and-the-weight-of-a-character?t=26) Now it's kinda time for me to be here myself.