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Redesigning Your Life in Your 40s (The 40s Are Key to the Age of 100)

Are you saying that being in your 40s is like being in your 60s of the past? When should I start planning my life again? They say that being 60 these days is similar to being 40 in the past. This is what Dr. Linda Gratton, a world-renowned scholar, said. As average life expectancy has increased, the landscape of our lives has completely changed. The old way of life—getting an education, working hard, saving money, and retiring—is over. We now need to think of life in multiple stages. If so, how should we [… ]

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자발적 불안

편안함은 안전하지만 위험하다. 많은 사람들이 그걸 알면서도 시도하지 못한다. 그렇게 인생이 흘러간다. 너무 늦기 전에 삶의 주도권을 찾아야 한다. 언제 찾을 수 있나? 스스로 불편을 선택할 때 삶의 주도권이 돌아온다. 기꺼이 불안의 상태로 나를 이끌고 가는 것. 이를 테면 이렇다. 1. 자발적 실업 월급을 내려놓고 공백을 만든다. 그 공백이 “이제 무엇을 할 것인가”라는 인생의 문제를

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저는 골방에서 이렇게 지냅니다

1. 한때는 유튜버와 작가로 살았다. 영향력은 작았지만 당시에는 목소리를 내는 것이 마치 사명처럼 느껴졌다. 그땐 유튜버로써의 삶이 내 삶에서 꽤 큰 비중을 차지했다. 나는 그일이 중요하다고 생각했다. 재미도 있었다. 그렇기 때문에 시간을 쪼개어, 별 볼일 없는 유튜브 영상을 만들고 조언이랍시고 글을 썼을 것이다. 결국은 내 정체성이 그러했던 것이다. 누가 내게 너는 누구냐고 묻는다면 나는 이렇게

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The Pride of a Publisher (Artist's Money Making)

One day, a businessman. I have three identities: one is the head of the household, another is a writer, and the last is a businessman. One day, I became a businessman. In a way, it is passive. I never dreamed of becoming a businessman or tried to start one. I also tend not to have preconceived notions about business. I do not think of business as simply money. In that sense, I consider missionary work to be business, and campaigns for a fair world to be business as well. Buddha to people

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내가 아파트를 산 이유 (가짜 안정 vs 진짜 안정)

2024년은 바빴다. 사무실을 두 번 옮겼다. 공유 오피스에서 20평대로, 그리고 40평대로. 또 있다. 집을 두 번 옮겼다. 1기 신도시의 안정된 아파트를 사서 인테리어를 하는 바람에, 한 번은 임시 집으로, 또 한 번은 진짜 입주로. 그래서 바빴다. 내가 아파트를 판 이유 그중에서도 내가 아파트를 산 것은 꼭 말하고 싶다. 나는 2009년인가, 광명역 KTX역이 들어오기 전에 그쪽

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Thoughts I had while working overtime for the tenth day

A post written in February 2024. I have been working overtime for ten days straight. Today, I worked until 10 PM. Actually, it feels like it has been even longer than ten days. I haven't been able to go to my vacation home in Gangwon-do for three weeks. By "overtime," I mean working at the corporation I manage. I am pouring 901 TP3T of my time into the company. Naturally, this is not normal. Because I am engrossed in only one of my three identities, it is interfering with my life as a creator and as a private individual.

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50 million won per month

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.

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Some tell me to quit, others tell me to dedicate myself

헷갈린다. 책이나 소셜미디어에서 마작가는 이렇게 말한다. 회사라는 안정을 벗어나라. 자신만의 길을 찾아라. 사람들이 좋아한다고 해서 그 길로 따라가지 마라. 마작가는 진심으로 그렇게 믿는다. 때문에 잘 나가던 사회 생활을 접고 백수가 되고, 작가가 되고, 프리랜서가 되었다. 그리고 시간이 지나면서 마작가에겐 마 편집장이라는 진화된 제 2의 정체성이 발생했다. 현실에서 마 편집장은 이렇게 말한다 (마 편집장은 출판 및

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Challenging for Highest Revenue as an Entrepreneur (100 Million Won, Passive Income, and a Toast)

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

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Rewriting My Self-Introduction (About Life Turning Points)

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

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