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SELF-ESTEEM 101

Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. Everything that you want you already are.

Oct 9, 2025 • Sherry Ning

SOLICITED ADVICE #12: Unanswerable things

Not from askingsherry@gmail.com this week but a very good question

Jul 15, 2025 • Sherry Ning

Everything I read in the first half of 2025

I read A LOT of Nabokov

Jun 30, 2025 • Sherry Ning

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, 2025 • Sherry Ning

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, 2025 • Sherry Ning

SOLICITED ADVICE #8: Overcoming status anxiety?

Values vs. vibes, creating vs. consuming, getting rid of envy and comparison. Send your questions to askingsherry@gmail.com and I might answer yours…

May 23, 2025 • Sherry Ning

SOLICITED ADVICE #7: How to ask for feedback?

Send your questions to askingsherry@gmail.com. Each week, I pick one at random to answer here:

May 3, 2025 • Sherry Ning

SOLICITED ADVICE #6: Summoning the alter ego?

I removed the paywalls on GOLDEN FRUIT, my first novel-in-progress. I really want you to read it.

Apr 28, 2025 • Sherry Ning

SOLICITED ADVICE #5: How to balance curiosity with discipline?

My Year of Lore and Locking In

Apr 19, 2025 • Sherry Ning

SOLICITED ADVICE #4: Getting paid readers?

Send your questions to askingsherry@gmail.com and each week I'll pick one to answer here:

Apr 12, 2025 • Sherry Ning

SOLICITED ADVICE #3: Recognizing achievement?

Send your questions to askingsherry@gmail.com and each week I'll pick one to answer here:

Apr 5, 2025 • Sherry Ning

SOLICITED ADVICE #2: How to move on?

Send your questions to askingsherry@gmail.com and I'll pick interesting ones to answer here:

Mar 29, 2025 • Sherry Ning

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