Dylan Inserra-Peirson

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” —Louisa May Alcott

This is something that I think about often that's helped me - I've let go of the idea that things get easier, as that's honestly out of my control. Things don't get easier, I get stronger.

30 Rock "What a week" meme: "What a year, huh?" "Lemon, it's January 3rd."

And if I asked you to name all the things you love, how long until you name yourself?

Thank you!

Doooo it

Sad boy Dante.

Some days I do feel down or lacking in motivation due to one reason or another. I can’t control how I feel, but I can control how I react to my own feelings. I name them. I sit with them and journal them. Then I get on doing the things that I know make me feel better.

Hah well thank you

I love that

What are you grateful for today?

“You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” —Bob Marley

Someone once told me that “change occurs when pain outweighs fear” and that always stuck with me. We change when we have to, maybe even are brave when we have to be.

When you get a little too excited about being on a yacht in Greece (and also realize the €30 sunscreen was a fake 🦞

“If we never try, we shall never succeed” —Abraham Lincoln

I try daily to be an active participant in my own life, rather than a passive one. I don’t hope that the future I want for myself happens, I make choices every day to try and create that future.

I used to have a mentality of “if I can’t do my whole workout, why bother” but I realized how self-sabotaging that is. Anything is better than nothing, even if it’s just a little.

“Give yourself permission to rest. You don’t have to be everything to everyone.” —Unknown

I always say boundaries are how we love ourselves and tell others how to love us. Good fences make good neighbors.

You’re not wrong

“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky.”
—Thich Nhat Hanh

Feelings are like a storm - you can choose to be outside getting wet or inside and dry observing the storm. You are not your feelings.

Thanks but no 😅

Lazy Saturday writing

Absolutely, we still need a lot of change and there’s so much work to do, but it’s improving. Slowly.

“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.” —Glenn Close

I remember when mental health was a thing we just didn’t talk about - it was secret, private, and shameful. The only way we can continue to reduce stigma by talking about it.

A little editing on the last day of 2025 🥳

#beard #muscle #writing #art

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” - Mary Anne Radmacher

If all you do is get through the day, that's enough.

“Rest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow.” —Eleanor Brown

It’s not selfish to prioritize your needs, you have to show up for yourself before you show up for the people around you.

At this point it feels like you’re seeking out conflict for the sake of conflict so I won’t be responding further. I hope you have a peaceful day.

And again, I’m sorry that happened. No one should experience that.

Nor is it something that can “come true” - it’s not saying it will happen, but that it should happen.

No, I got what you said, but I was focusing on you saying that your experience negated the quote, when it fact it’s only tangentially related.