At which point, at long last, there was the actual doing it, quickly followed by the grim realization of what it meant to do it, followed by the deci… - Cheryl Strayed

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At which point, at long last, there was the actual doing it, quickly followed by the grim realization of what it meant to do it, followed by the decision to quit doing it because doing it was absurd and pointless and ridiculously difficult and far more than I expected doing it would be and I was profoundly unprepared to do it.

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About Cheryl Strayed

Cheryl Strayed (née Nyland; born September 17, 1968) is an American writer and podcast host. Her 2012 memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail is an international bestseller, adapted into the 2014 Academy Award-nominated movie Wild.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Larry D. Moore (CC BY)

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