
I felt old for my age for most of my life-from my teenage years until I hit my mid-40s. I feel my age now, but that’s a fairly recent thing. Is there another age you associate with yourself in your mind? If so, what is it? And why, do you think?ĭo you feel old for your age? Young for your age? Just right? Are you in step with your peers? Strayed has also made two hit podcasts- Dear Sugars, which she co-hosted with Steve Almond, and Sugar Calling. Her award-winning essays and stories have appeared in The Best American Essays, the New York Times, Vogue, The Sun Magazine and elsewhere. Strayed is also the author of the critically acclaimed novel, Torch, and the bestselling collection Brave Enough, which brings together more than one hundred of her inspiring quotes.



In 2023, her bestselling collection of Dear Sugar columns, Tiny Beautiful Things, was adapted for a Hulu television show and in 2016, it was adapted as a play that continues to be staged in theaters around the world. Cheryl Strayed is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, which has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide and was made into an Oscar-nominated film.
