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Not an unprepared fifty-something,
To celebrate the long-awaited fifty years

"Talking about a consistent attitude toward life and the joys of everyday life."

The 50-something generation in South Korea is changing.
No, it has to change.
In the 2024 Seoul Metropolitan Government Civil Service Examination, 27 people in their 50s passed, and in the 7th grade national civil service open competitive examination, 5 people in their 50s or older passed.
In the 2024 employment status by age group, people in their 50s accounted for 23.3 percent, about twice that of people in their 20s.
The number of applicants over 50 years old for the civil service exam continues to increase, and the number of seniors starting businesses is also increasing.
In the past, people thought that being in your 50s meant leisurely preparing for retirement, raising your children independent, and having some free time, but today's 50s are different.
In the age of 100, fifty is only the halfway point, a time when a new beginning is needed to prepare for the second act of life.
Confucius said that at fifty, one should understand the will of Heaven. But in modern society, isn't fifty a time for self-discovery? How will I live the next half of my life? Can I maintain a steady routine without being overwhelmed by my age? Can I let go of my strength in relationships and live confidently into my fifties? And I need to realize what kind of person I am.
Because only when you meet your true self can you truly embrace yourself.
Let's not get tired of life, let's not fight against age, let's not get caught up in negative emotions, let's just focus on ourselves steadily and welcome the new 50s.

Looking back on my life, I turned fifty without anything to brag about or show off.
When I was young, I thought that by the time I turned fifty, my assets would have grown as expected and I would have built my own career and maintained a stable life.
But now that I'm in my fifties, I feel regretful that there are more things I haven't accomplished than things I have.
If you truly want to live a second life for yourself, it's time to face your diary once again with all your heart.
--- p.19

When you first read a self-help book, it all sounds like someone else's story.
I want to dismiss it as something that I can do because it's not something I can do, but because it's that person.
Even when I first started reading the book, I was busy pushing away negative thoughts like, "What will change if I do this?" and "If reality isn't happy, will thinking and talking make me happy?"
But there were tools for success that all successful people talked about.
Affirmations, meditation, visualization, exercise, reading, and writing (recording).
As I started reading self-help books, I found myself putting most of them into practice.
--- p.45

At first, you can start with just passion.
Start by getting a taste of small runs for a while.
However, to continue this practice consistently, passion alone is not enough.
I am a very passionate person.
I have always lived a life of challenge, always curious about new things.
But it didn't take long for that passion to cool off.
Looking back now, there were factors that hindered my passion and challenge.
It was nothing but fatigue and pain.
Because I was suffering from the aftereffects of a car accident, my body was not keeping up with my passion.
He started off easily and worked harder than anyone else, but he gave up before his efforts could even begin to bear fruit.
My passion disappeared due to fatigue.
And he kept repeating it.
--- p.89

Habits work like compounds.
Just as money grows with compound interest, habits, when repeated, multiply their results.
One day, at one moment, it may seem like a small difference, but over months and years, the results can be enormous.
Think about two, five, ten years from now.
There will definitely be a huge difference between good habits and bad habits.
Even a small change in our daily habits can make a huge difference in our lives.
Getting 1 percent better or worse might not seem like much in the moment, but when those moments accumulate, they determine the difference between who I am and who I can become.
Our lives are not created by a single moment of change.
--- pp.128-129

I fell in love with the charm of reading, which I started doing late in life, and now using a magnifying glass has become a daily routine.
Even if I endure these inconveniences and read the book, I sometimes have such thoughts.
It's never too late to do something, but there is always a good time.
It's a shame that I only found out about it after that time, but I'm thankful that I can read books and expand my thoughts even now.
--- p.175

In my fifties, I try to relax a little.
If you have been living with a lot of tension and force up until now, you need to practice letting go of the force little by little.
To welcome the second act of life, where you want to live better than now, let's become aware of our current state of mind and reality.
When it comes to children and family issues, let's take a step back and look at it with a little flexibility.
Living a life as flexible as flowing water, it's difficult, but I'm trying to let go of my strength a little today.

--- p.228