Archive - Sherry Ning

June 2025

Everything I read in the first half of 2025

I read A LOT of Nabokov

Jun 30 •

What do we deserve in love?

Materialists (2025): Do we choose or do we settle? Does rationality succumb to fate?

Jun 25 •

What should you do when you're madly in love?

I am terrified to write this. Which is, of course, why I’m writing it. Debuted live on June 15 in NYC.

Jun 18 •

SOLICITED ADVICE #10: Things not to post

Is getting too emotional a bad thing? Send your question to askingsherry@gmail.com and each week I answer one at random:

Jun 15 •

How to answer "what do you do?"

A meditation on jobs & how to work with love

Jun 13 •

SOLICITED ADVICE #9: How to rest

Getting out of a rut + a lesson about rest from Homer's Odyssey. Send questions to askingsherry@gmail.com and each week I'll answer one here:

Jun 7 •

Thoughts I had at an everything-must-go sale

My philosophy of impermanence & the discomfort of being stuck between seasons

Jun 5 •

May 2025

What happens when you're paralyzed with happiness?

A perfectionist's thoughts on achieving bliss and what to do about it

May 28 •

NYC LIVE READING: TENDER SUMMER

I'll be debuting my piece, "What should you do when you're madly in love?" on June 15 at Night Club 101.

May 26 •

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