Sugarcoated: 'Wild' Words Of Wisdom To Live By

In 2012, Cheryl Strayed published Wild, a novel detailing her solo 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail after losing her mother at the young age of 22. In the same year, Strayed revealed her identity as Sugar, the mastermind behind the wildly popular advice column Dear Sugar on The Rumpus. Now, just a few years later, we are graced with the film adaptation of Strayed's critically acclaimed read. To celebrate the December 5 release, we bring you 10 bits of Sugar advice that made us laugh, cry, and, most importantly, grow. We have a feeling your workweek just got a little bit easier...

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1. "The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of it." - Column #41: Like An Iron Bell
2. "You don’t have to be young. You don’t have to be thin. You don’t have to be “hot” in a way that some dumbfuckedly narrow mindset has construed that word. You don’t have to have taut flesh or a tight ass or an eternally upright set of tits. You have to find a way to inhabit your body while enacting your deepest desires. You have to be brave enough to build the intimacy you deserve. You have to take off all of your clothes and say, I’m right here." - Column #86: Tiny Revolutions 
3. "You're going to be all right. And you're going to be all right not because you majored in English or didn't and not because you plan to apply to law school or don't, but because all right is almost always where we eventually land, even if we fuck up entirely along the way." - Column #72: The Future Has An Ancient Heart
4. "What's important is that you make the leap. Jump high and hard with intention and heart. Pay no mind to the vision the commission made up. It's up to you to make your life. Take what you have and stack it up like a tower of teetering blocks. Build your dream around that." - Column #51: No Mystery About Sperm
5.  "Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.” - Column #60: The World Lit By Other People
6. "We all like to think we are right about what we believe about ourselves and what we often believe are only the best, most moral things. We like to pretend that our generous impulses come naturally. But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first." - Column #85: This Is What We Call A Clusterfuck
7. “Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you'll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you'll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.” - Column #64: Tiny Beautiful Things
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