Tinx On Why It’s Okay Not to Know What You Want to Be When You Grow Up

E!: Meanwhile, you were collecting odd jobs to make things work.

T: I decided New York was far too cold, moved back to California and was doing the most random jobs. I mean, I worked for a cannabis company, doing marketing or something. And I will never forget—I was at a weed conference and I remember calling my mom in the bathroom, “Mom, can you look up what indica and sativa means? Can you just text me what it means?” And she was like, “I feel like this is not the right job for you.”

E!: Then the pandemic hit and the work vanished. 

T: I was like, “Oh, God, I’m going to have to move home anyway, I might as well give TikTok a go.” And the second that I made my first video, I was like, “Oh, I was wrong. I actually love being on camera. I actually don’t care that I don’t look like a movie star or a supermodel, I have something to say and I love this way of speaking to people directly.” And it just has been a total whirlwind ever since.