Is your job as a mother?
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Book Introduction
She was actively working as a broadcast writer, but after giving birth, she closed her laptop and stopped all writing.
Days continued where I had to hold a bottle and diapers instead of a laptop, put myself aside, and live solely as a 'mother'.
That intense and quiet time was quietly shaken by a child's unexpected question, "Is your job as a mother?"
"Mom, is your job a mom?" is a record of how I picked up my pen again and wrote it to find myself again, prompted by that question.
At first, I carefully took out my heart and wrote down one or two lines. Thanks to the feedback that my short writings brought some small comfort to someone, I began to exist as myself again, little by little.
While I was writing, I felt like I was alive, not as a child or as a housewife, but as myself.
Writing has become a way to encourage myself, something I had forgotten, and each sentence has become a small piece of evidence of the time I spent on myself that will never fade away.
So at the end of each day, she remembered herself again.
Unlike other parenting essays, this book does not lament the hardships of parenting or glorify the sacrifices.
Instead, it delicately records the efforts and emotions that were invisible but clearly present, and quietly responds to those who endured each day silently.
The sight of her turning on her laptop and writing her story again in a small room filled with the scent of coffee at night while her child is asleep gives those who have temporarily lost themselves under the weight of life the courage to recall their forgotten names.
Days continued where I had to hold a bottle and diapers instead of a laptop, put myself aside, and live solely as a 'mother'.
That intense and quiet time was quietly shaken by a child's unexpected question, "Is your job as a mother?"
"Mom, is your job a mom?" is a record of how I picked up my pen again and wrote it to find myself again, prompted by that question.
At first, I carefully took out my heart and wrote down one or two lines. Thanks to the feedback that my short writings brought some small comfort to someone, I began to exist as myself again, little by little.
While I was writing, I felt like I was alive, not as a child or as a housewife, but as myself.
Writing has become a way to encourage myself, something I had forgotten, and each sentence has become a small piece of evidence of the time I spent on myself that will never fade away.
So at the end of each day, she remembered herself again.
Unlike other parenting essays, this book does not lament the hardships of parenting or glorify the sacrifices.
Instead, it delicately records the efforts and emotions that were invisible but clearly present, and quietly responds to those who endured each day silently.
The sight of her turning on her laptop and writing her story again in a small room filled with the scent of coffee at night while her child is asleep gives those who have temporarily lost themselves under the weight of life the courage to recall their forgotten names.
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index
Prologue / 5
Recommendation / 8
Chapter 1: Is your job as a mother?
01.
I guess my job was being a mom / 15
02.
A Housewife Starts Writing Again / 23
03.
Mom's Second Challenge: Music Start / 31
04.
How Crybabies Overcome Tears / 40
05.
I Want to Live Like Coffee / 48
06.
Radio and Old Pop/ 56
07.
Aren't you going to have a second child? / 64
Chapter 2 We are the sweet bungeoppang family
01.
Living with a Child Who Looks Like Me / 75
02.
Mom, Don't Be Sorry Anymore / 83
03.
Following the Child, Following the Dream: In Search of the Whale / 91
04.
Follow the child, follow the dream 2 Find the dinosaur / 100
05.
Have you ever been to Suwon with your son to cheer on a baseball game? / 108
06.
A Mother's Love Blooms in Kimchi / 116
07.
I still hate fried rice, but I'll forgive you / 124
08.
There's no such thing as a day to ask your mother how she's doing / 13
Chapter 3: This is how Mom's Jambap grows
01.
The Child I Know, The Child I Don't Know / 143
02.
Between a Soccer Player and a Soccer Ball / 150
03.
The Formula for Breaking Up with the Academy / 158
04.
There's a family meeting today too / 166
05.
Acknowledging Differences Rather than Mistakes / 174
06.
Cultural centers aren't just for babies / 182
07.
New learning is near / 190
08.
If parents read, children will read too / 198
Chapter 4: To live as a happy mother today too
01.
You are my lucky man / 209
02.
Diet for People Living in the "Bungseokwon" Zone / 219
03.
I don't use Instagram / 227
04.
It's Okay to Be Happy Sometimes / 235
05.
How to Succeed in the Stale New Year's Resolution of "Saving Money" / 243
06.
A mother's challenge brought on by her son! / 251
07.
10 Parenting Beliefs of a 10-Year-Old Mom / 260
Chapter 5: A mother's independence comes before a child's independence!
01.
Mom completed the morning quest! / 275
02.
Mom completed the afternoon quest / 283
03.
I'll be a mom with a strong mentality! / 290
04.
Mother's independence comes before children's independence! / 298
05.
Alone time also requires practice! / 304
06.
I was good at writing before I turned 40! / 311
07.
Aging / 318
Epilogue / 327
Recommendation / 8
Chapter 1: Is your job as a mother?
01.
I guess my job was being a mom / 15
02.
A Housewife Starts Writing Again / 23
03.
Mom's Second Challenge: Music Start / 31
04.
How Crybabies Overcome Tears / 40
05.
I Want to Live Like Coffee / 48
06.
Radio and Old Pop/ 56
07.
Aren't you going to have a second child? / 64
Chapter 2 We are the sweet bungeoppang family
01.
Living with a Child Who Looks Like Me / 75
02.
Mom, Don't Be Sorry Anymore / 83
03.
Following the Child, Following the Dream: In Search of the Whale / 91
04.
Follow the child, follow the dream 2 Find the dinosaur / 100
05.
Have you ever been to Suwon with your son to cheer on a baseball game? / 108
06.
A Mother's Love Blooms in Kimchi / 116
07.
I still hate fried rice, but I'll forgive you / 124
08.
There's no such thing as a day to ask your mother how she's doing / 13
Chapter 3: This is how Mom's Jambap grows
01.
The Child I Know, The Child I Don't Know / 143
02.
Between a Soccer Player and a Soccer Ball / 150
03.
The Formula for Breaking Up with the Academy / 158
04.
There's a family meeting today too / 166
05.
Acknowledging Differences Rather than Mistakes / 174
06.
Cultural centers aren't just for babies / 182
07.
New learning is near / 190
08.
If parents read, children will read too / 198
Chapter 4: To live as a happy mother today too
01.
You are my lucky man / 209
02.
Diet for People Living in the "Bungseokwon" Zone / 219
03.
I don't use Instagram / 227
04.
It's Okay to Be Happy Sometimes / 235
05.
How to Succeed in the Stale New Year's Resolution of "Saving Money" / 243
06.
A mother's challenge brought on by her son! / 251
07.
10 Parenting Beliefs of a 10-Year-Old Mom / 260
Chapter 5: A mother's independence comes before a child's independence!
01.
Mom completed the morning quest! / 275
02.
Mom completed the afternoon quest / 283
03.
I'll be a mom with a strong mentality! / 290
04.
Mother's independence comes before children's independence! / 298
05.
Alone time also requires practice! / 304
06.
I was good at writing before I turned 40! / 311
07.
Aging / 318
Epilogue / 327
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Into the book
hello.
I am Yang Hee-min, the author of "Is Mom's Occupation a Mother?"
I used to work as a scriptwriter, but after giving birth, I became a stay-at-home mom and have been living a very hectic life.
Every moment I felt rewarded and grateful for seeing my child grow differently each day.
But aside from raising children, I also wandered around, not knowing what to do with the time I had left alone.
Now, as I approach forty, I've decided to find a way to love myself for my own happiness.
Because a mother's happiness will soon become the family's happiness.
Would you like to start a journey to find yourself with my little story?
I am Yang Hee-min, the author of "Is Mom's Occupation a Mother?"
I used to work as a scriptwriter, but after giving birth, I became a stay-at-home mom and have been living a very hectic life.
Every moment I felt rewarded and grateful for seeing my child grow differently each day.
But aside from raising children, I also wandered around, not knowing what to do with the time I had left alone.
Now, as I approach forty, I've decided to find a way to love myself for my own happiness.
Because a mother's happiness will soon become the family's happiness.
Would you like to start a journey to find yourself with my little story?
--- From the author's note
Publisher's Review
"Mom, your job is mom?" begins with an unexpected remark from a child one day.
It was a short statement, but in that moment, a question that had been buried deep in her heart for a long time began to stir.
It was a small but by no means light shaking towards myself, who had lived for a long time forgetting myself.
“What kind of person am I living as now?”
After giving birth, she, who once worked as a screenwriter, put down her pen and began living each day filled with her child and household chores.
I fill my days by researching my child's development, finding necessary parenting information, and leaving short social media posts, but the sentences I write for myself are gradually disappearing.
Even writing, which had once been natural, had become distant from life, and time passed while I tried to ignore the feeling of losing myself.
But the child's question about his mother's job became a signal that cautiously awakened a long-buried heart.
After much hesitation, she posted her first post on Brunch, and through someone's comment saying, "I felt the same way," she rediscovered a part of herself she had forgotten for a while.
She begins to write her own story instead of a script, and gradually begins to recover herself.
My senses slowly returned, and forgotten emotions bloomed cautiously in words and sentences.
The writing that continues like this is becoming the strength to hold on to the self that was lost.
This book does not confess the difficulties of parenting or tout any special achievements.
This is a record of carefully recalling the "self" that was forgotten in the repetitive daily routine, and writing down, one by one, the feelings that were difficult to express to anyone. "Is Mom's Job Just Mom?" offers a small moment of respite to those who have long put themselves aside for the sake of their families.
To all mothers who still live as someone's mother, yet try not to lose their sense of self, this book resonates with a gentle yet strong resonance.
It was a short statement, but in that moment, a question that had been buried deep in her heart for a long time began to stir.
It was a small but by no means light shaking towards myself, who had lived for a long time forgetting myself.
“What kind of person am I living as now?”
After giving birth, she, who once worked as a screenwriter, put down her pen and began living each day filled with her child and household chores.
I fill my days by researching my child's development, finding necessary parenting information, and leaving short social media posts, but the sentences I write for myself are gradually disappearing.
Even writing, which had once been natural, had become distant from life, and time passed while I tried to ignore the feeling of losing myself.
But the child's question about his mother's job became a signal that cautiously awakened a long-buried heart.
After much hesitation, she posted her first post on Brunch, and through someone's comment saying, "I felt the same way," she rediscovered a part of herself she had forgotten for a while.
She begins to write her own story instead of a script, and gradually begins to recover herself.
My senses slowly returned, and forgotten emotions bloomed cautiously in words and sentences.
The writing that continues like this is becoming the strength to hold on to the self that was lost.
This book does not confess the difficulties of parenting or tout any special achievements.
This is a record of carefully recalling the "self" that was forgotten in the repetitive daily routine, and writing down, one by one, the feelings that were difficult to express to anyone. "Is Mom's Job Just Mom?" offers a small moment of respite to those who have long put themselves aside for the sake of their families.
To all mothers who still live as someone's mother, yet try not to lose their sense of self, this book resonates with a gentle yet strong resonance.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: September 8, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 326 pages | 110*188*30mm
- ISBN13: 9791194781233
- ISBN10: 1194781233
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