President's Journal / Management Diary

"Is this the right path?" I worried about this a lot in my 30s. “Is the path I am walking right now the right one?” “I’m walking this because others told me to, but it doesn’t feel like my path.” “This path looks decent on the surface, but it doesn’t seem to fit me.” “Walking this path makes me feel like I’m deceiving myself.” However, few people have these kinds of worries. In my 30s, I could count on one hand the people around me

Three years ago, I thought everyone would be happy if our monthly revenue reached 30 million won. So, I devised and executed a strategy to achieve that goal. We reached 30 million won. It felt like we had become rich, but nothing had really improved. We needed more people and a bigger office. Of course, I felt less anxious about the future. At least there was the cash flow coming from the 50 million won monthly revenue. Not just a few months from now, but a few years from now.

Reflection on My First Steps: In January 2020, I resolved, “From now on, I will support myself.” I wanted to create a lifelong career and do my own work without retirement. I wanted to build my own life, earning a living doing what I loved without being swayed by others. Up until then, I hadn't even considered things like corporations. I became a writer, and many people listened to my opinions. As an extension of that, my life as a freelancer began unintentionally. That

I wrote my first book in 2010. I started writing at twenty-nine, and the book was published when I was thirty. My introduction is written in that book. I was born in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. I attended school in Chuncheon, Gangneung, and Seoul. I graduated from Sogang University in 2003. In 1995, I published the poem "Longing" and one other in the literary magazine *Donghaeram*. In 1999, I staged Lee Man-hee's play *It Was a Small Darkness Inside the Hole of the Wooden Bell*. In 2000, I wrote and directed the mime performance *The Bird*. Also in 2000, I published the short story *Wooden Doll*. The same