To be alive is to live wanting something

If an apocalypse reset civilization, I think the first thing we’d reinvent is the concept of heaven

Jun 3 • Sherry Ning

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May 2026

Get inside your life

"Do not be a spectator or a commentator on your life; instead immerse yourself fully in it."

May 10 • Sherry Ning

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April 2026

The treasure you seek is what becomes of you when you seek it

Just married!

Apr 29 • Sherry Ning

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I need whimsy but I also need to be taken seriously

The deepest contradiction of the human condition

Apr 16 • Sherry Ning

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Spring Again

Do you ever think about how the fact that we walk on two legs is proof that we are altruistic creatures? Also, I got a PO box.

Apr 3 • Sherry Ning

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March 2026

You are what you love

How to become what you want to be when you can't "think" yourself into a better person

Mar 10 • Sherry Ning

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Get Inside Your Body

How to seek wonder in the age of machines

Published on Inkwell • Mar 5

February 2026

You're not falling in love because you don't want to

happy valentine's day!!

Feb 14 • Sherry Ning

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January 2026

Diary of a Bachelorette

Thoughts on loneliness that love can't solve

Jan 29 • Sherry Ning

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The devil's in the distractions

Happy new year to people with many interests and passions but are still confused about their career

Jan 14 • Sherry Ning

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December 2025

And the sun stood still

December 21 is winter solstice, a liminal space for thinking about some really, really hard questions

Dec 21, 2025 • Sherry Ning

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My year of ecstasy and insecurities

Wrote this in one breath before the Dec 1 sunrise and now I'm going back to bed. Also, recommendations

Dec 1, 2025 • Sherry Ning

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