As you enter, you may have your own annual event.

Part 1: Spring, the season of waking up to spring rain

As spring comes without fail, there is hope
- On the first day of spring, pure hope is in season.
Excellent, it was always spring, when we met
- Early spring vegetables are in season in Usu.
Has Keongchip arrived? It's time to answer nature's question.
- The season for stretching to welcome spring is Gyeongchip.
A note of spring hidden at the tip of a branch in the vernal bush
- The spring equinox is the season for 'Finding Spring' walks.
If you miss Qingming now, you'll have to wait a year.
- Flowers are in season on Qingming
When I look at the spring mountains in Gokwoo, there is someone I think of.
- In the Gokwoo period, spring mountains and wild chives are in season.

Part 2 Summer, the season of growing in the sun

This white snow falling in May
- In the beginning of summer, ‘Ipha White Flower’ is in season.
It's always good if you give the cow first
- In Soman, fresh greetings are in season
Things to do before the Mangjong rainy season arrives
- In Mangjong, whatever you do, the outside is the best season
The sun never sets and we never tire
- In Hajien, beer is in season with sweet potatoes.
Is there a place you want to run to when it rains?
- In Soseoen, 'Bimyeong' is in season
Eight Ways to Cool Off in the Summer Heat
- In the Great West, the posture of rest is the best

Part 3: Autumn, the season of ripening dew

What happened when I helped a baby swallow one day in the fall?
- The best time to enjoy cloud viewing and swallow observation is during the beginning of autumn.
After drying my damp heart in the sun,
- In the beginning of summer, the best time to eat dried pollack is
Into the forest to find the six white-crowned acorn brothers
- Acorns are in season for studying in Baekro.
On a day like the autumnal equinox, let's go somewhere
- The scent of the cinnamon tree is in season during the autumn equinox.
The closest happiness is the cold season
- An old walk in Hanro is in season
Arriving at the last station of autumn on the high-speed train
- The last autumn foliage season is in full swing in Sanggang.

Part 4 Winter, the season of falling asleep under the snow

Let's prepare to cross the long winter together.
- In the spring, gifts that resemble magpie rice are in season.
What kind of joy can we instill in the novel Winter?
- In novels, everything is good and has its own season.
Heavy snow is a blanket of barley, our long-standing joy.
- Snowman pilgrimage is the best season during heavy snowfall.
Comrade, looking back on the long night, there were many good moments.
- In Dongji, 'Kimchi Soup Talk' is in season.
Scenes revealed as the cold winter opens its doors
- In Sohan, bird watching and winter snow observation are in season.
If there is a life I can live as myself
- In Korea, winter hideouts are in season

Books cited

“Having a good year means,
“Living without missing the scenery that the seasons present to us.”
About the joy of life, walking slowly at the pace of the 24 solar terms

"Life became a little more enjoyable when I added 'seasonal' to the things I liked."
Kim Shin-ji's affectionate greetings delivered at the most appropriate time

There is a happiness that if you miss it now, you will have to wait a year.
A walk in the flower rain around Qingming, a festival around Mangjong filled with the romance of a summer night, a satisfying dish made with summer potatoes, a chatter in our own hideout on a long night… … Come to think of it, none of the twenty-four seasons can be wasted.


The new essay, “Seasonal Happiness,” by Kim Shin-ji, the beloved author of bestsellers such as “I Wish I Had Time” and “I Decided to Write It Down,” is a story about a life lived without missing the scenery that each season provides.
It is also a record of twenty-four seasons lived closely with the mindset of “Ah, this is why I like this season.”
The reason why I am so serious about this season is simple.
Because rather than living a life chased by time, I want to live at a pace and pace that matches the seasons.
Because I want to smile more often and be happy.
If possible, not four times, but twenty-four times.
I present this book to readers as if to ask for their well-being at the most appropriate time, which is the dictionary definition of 'season'.
Are you ready to enjoy seasonal happiness?

“When I understand my own heart, we gain the strength to live.”
May there be many annual events that make you happy

Writer Kim Shin-ji, who has often leaned on nature, like an old friend, whenever she felt the pressure of living in Seoul since she was nineteen, is a person who is more sincere about the seasons than anyone else.
As I lived like that, things like specific annual events naturally came into being.
For example, around the time of Gokwoo, the spring rain that grows grains, people go out to see off the cherry blossoms.
After enjoying a few days of spring at a mountain lodge I had reserved in advance last winter, on the way back I stopped by a shop overlooking the Bukhan River and had some seasonal dolminari pancakes and makgeolli.
Even the walks I take every day have different themes and purposes depending on the season.
On the walking path of the beginning of summer, I learn the names of white flowers that are confusing no matter how many times I memorize them, such as poplar, Chinese juniper, and dogwood. On the walking path of the white heron, I am busy trying to distinguish between the six acorn brothers that seem similar but are different.
In the fall, I like to visit the palace, which is a good place to 'myeong' (a type of meditation), and during the autumnal equinox, I like to walk under the 'Keungkeung Zone', a cinnamon tree with a sweet scent.
Gradually, my own seasonal rituals are developing and the number of 'seasonal tasks' is increasing, which means I live my life thinking about what I want to do rather than what I have to do.
This 'seasonal sense' takes us to good places, and tells us where we smile more often and what we remember longer at this time of year.
And “When we know what we want, that list alone gives us the strength to live.” (p. 146) The words to find our own seasonal happiness are ultimately a kind encouragement to live each season while taking care of our hearts, which are easily neglected.

Just by not missing the season before your eyes
The Story of the 24 Solar Terms: The Promise of Twenty-Four Opportunities to Be Happy

The 24 solar terms are familiar yet unfamiliar to us.
The traditional calendar, which divides the sun's annual rotation into twenty-four periods, is "the broad stride of the four seasons divided into twenty-four seasons."
The four 'solstice' that form the basis of the seasons, from the vernal and autumnal equinoxes when day and night are equal, to the summer solstice when day is the longest, and the winter solstice when night is the longest, to the four 'starting solar terms' of Ipchun, Ipsum, Ipchu, and Ipdong when the seasons begin, two more solar terms with names that describe the weather phenomena or natural changes of that time are added between the eight solar terms to form the 24 solar terms.
The author affectionately refers to the season that returns every year and refreshes life as “the promise of the year.”
“It is also a promise that just by not missing the season right before your eyes, you will have twenty-four opportunities to be happy.” (p. 8)

Following the steps of the sun, from Ipchun to Usoo, from Gyeongchip to Chunbun, the author thinks more often about the path to happiness.
I also try to cover my mind with the customs and old sayings of people who passed this season long ago.
When I write a greeting card like 'Ipchundaegil' or drink 'Cheongmyeongju', and my heart points in the same direction across time and space, I can't help but smile.
The sentences and thoughts contained in the book are densely and beautifully composed, resembling the promise of the sun.
As I read the stories and feelings contained in each season, season by season, my damp heart feels like it is being refreshed, like the seasonal homework of the beginning of summer, 'Poswae (曝?).'
After experiencing this special experience of living for a year following the iron and Kim Shin-ji, you will never be able to go back to before reading this book.
From a foolish mind that doesn't know iron, now becomes the most appropriate season.