nina there's a descriptor of dan's book on amazon and i'm feeling so soft. he's only ever wanted to help people and he just keeps doing so.
Char, I am seriously losing my mind a little. I woke up to this ask in my inbox and I was like WHAT. Dan is going to give me a heart attack one of these days. The description, fuck, I’m feeling so soft too.
Dan being called a beloved entertainer! Ouch my heart. I’m going to start calling him that instead of YouTuber, it’s not really a thing that has fit him in a while. And “Written in an entertaining and personal way from the perspective of someone who has been through it all” - I will lose it. It sounds like Dan’s more recent videos in word form and man, I cannot wait to see how that will look like. I am also getting like last bits of live shows soft and encouraging voice vibes from that and I have missed Dan talking like that so much.
The quote from the book? “There’s a moment at the end of every day, where the world falls away and you are left alone with your thoughts. A reckoning, when the things you have been pushing to the background, come forward and demand your attention.” It makes me want to give him a hug so bad, but at the same time, it almost feels like a hug too. A reassurance that there are other people out there feeling the same that you might. Those moments at the end of the day or the middle of the night can be so isolating and cold. This feels like a light, shining and showing you the way. Someone who has been through horrible darkness but still managed to find his way back to the light path.
A mental health book. I am honestly too excited. I’m glad he consulted a professional as well, and I hope that it leans more into the personal stories that “classic” self-help stuff and I do think that it will. Dan has always been very vocal and conscious of how to tell his personal stories so that they connect and resonate. Damn, May 2021 feels so very far away but I cannot wait for all the content that might happen until then.
Dan’s book: You Will Get Through This Night
