prolog
I want to be your solid meal 6

Chapter 1: There's No Manual for Life, But There Are Experiences 9
Chapter 2: Learning with a Laugh is the Real Learning 45
Chapter 3: Comedians Are Funny Philosophers 85
Chapter 4: Looking Upside Down, It Looks Better 139
Chapter 5: Dreaming of a Man I Want to Eat With

Epiroad
You must be happy first 208

A man in his 50s from South Korea with nowhere to go,
Dreaming of being 'the uncle I want to eat with'

Kim Tae-kyun is an old man.
He is a man in his 50s from South Korea who wakes up in the morning, goes to work at the broadcasting station, and lives with his wife and children, as well as countless seniors and juniors he encounters at work and in society. He has nowhere to go.
But Kim Tae-kyun just didn't want to grow old like an ordinary man.
If you nag about your age as if it were some kind of title, you'll be called an old fart. But if you share your experiences unconditionally, won't you be called "the uncle I want to have a meal with"? This book began with that thought.


So about money, about business or partnership, about love, about the heart, about fights between couples, even about the scrambled eggs I had this morning...
As I wrote down my thoughts every day as they came to me, organized them into sentences, and before I knew it, it had become my philosophy of life.
Happiness wasn't something grand.
Whether it was reading a book while listening to soft jazz music, people-watching while walking, or taking a walk with my wife, the little things in life magically transformed into happiness whenever I set my mind to it.
I realized it while writing.
Ah, there is no manual in life, but there is still a navigation called experience. Learning while laughing is the real thing. You could say that comedians are funny philosophers.
The world looks better when you look at it upside down.
The table set by Kim Tae-gyun was a table set by a worldview that could only be set by the 'wise 50s'.


A feast of honest conversations with the microphone off

Kim Tae-kyun is a broadcaster and writer.
Although he is a famous person, he is a diligent writer who does not use a ghostwriter and writes and revises each word on paper, laptop, and smartphone whenever he has time.
If the previous work, "I'm Just Going to Have Fun Now," showed that good people can also live well, this work, "How to Become an Uncle You Want to Eat With," is full of good intentions as the older Kim Tae-gyun generously shares his assets with young readers.
There is only one thing he wants from his readers.
Just come with a spoon and devour Kim Tae-kyun's thoughts.


The fact that he does not enjoy his wealth to himself but rather shares it with others shows the aspect of a mature human being who goes beyond being a broadcaster or an intellectual.
Everything that Kim Tae-kyun read, heard, and thought from his 20s to his 50s is gathered here.
A meal with Kim Tae-kyun is a feast of honest conversation with the microphone off.
Read the series 'Emotional Pharmacy' he wrote.
If America has 'Chicken Soup for the Soul,' we might say we have 'Mr. Kim Tae-kyun, the man I want to eat with.'