Archive - Sherry Ning

You're overspending because you lack values

Overconsumption is a spiritual problem, not a money problem. Lessons about desire from "Spirited Away".

Sep 9 •

August 2025

What Should Remain Hidden?

Enchantment is shy

Published on Inkwell • Aug 27

Goodbye, August

How to enjoy the next seven days. Also, I'm gifting students a one-year subscription.

Aug 25 •

How to look someone in the eyes

Eye contact is a luminous crossing where two people meet, make galactic intercourse, then recoil, changed.

Aug 20 •

Confessions of a shy but talented girl

I feel underestimated by the world, and worse, they might be right because I haven't done enough to prove otherwise.

Aug 15 •

How do you know they're THE ONE?

I'M ENGAGED ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Aug 12 •

How lucky are you allowed to get?

What to do when you feel like life is stupidly great

Aug 5 •

Artificial intelligence is making you genuinely stupid

Do the hard thing. There are no shortcuts to excellence. And, a call for the revival of academia.

Aug 1 •

July 2025

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