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Rediscovering the everyday
Rediscovering the everyday
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Book Introduction
One question from Conceptzine, a lifestyle magazine that helps you live as a new person every month.
“Do you have any tips to make your daily life a little more beautiful?”

Since its launch in August 2012, the monthly lifestyle magazine Conceptzine has been researching ways to make everyday life more beautiful.
Every month, I meet people who live their lives according to their own values ​​on various topics, and by listening to their stories, I have become convinced that even ordinary daily life can be made a little more beautiful.
To further solidify this conviction, Conceptjin once again asked questions to those who had previously participated in the interview.


“Do you have any tips to make your daily life a little more beautiful?”

Creative Director Yoo Byung-wook, Cheerleader Seo Eun-ah of Olibu, and Stayfolio CEO Jang In-seong
What do those who give us insight, such as stationery writer Kim Gyu-rim and documentarian Lee Seung-hee, say about daily life?

While reading the know-how of 144 people, each written in their own language, Conceptjin discovered one thing in common.
They are all 'living as the me I like'.
In other words, isn't the beauty of everyday life just living the way I like?


We hope that this will be an opportunity to reflect on how we live our lives by looking at the 144 know-hows for making our daily lives beautiful, shared by those who provide us with insight, including Creative Director Yoo Byeong-wook, Cheerleader Seo Eun-ah of Olibu, Stayfolio CEO Jang In-seong, Stationery maker Kim Gyu-rim, and Record-keeping Lifestyle Practitioner Lee Seung-hee.
Through 144 answers from people who live as themselves, you will discover how to live an ordinary life a little more beautifully and discover your own daily routine.
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index
10 Family Time That Brightens Your Life
12 Beautiful Everyday Ideas for Everyone
14 Ways to Eat Seasonal Vegetables That Preserve Their Texture
10 minutes to brush your cat every morning 16
18 Little Habits of Loving Myself
20 Efforts to Insert Small Inconveniences
Another inspiration from good sound 22
24. Be with a piece of art filled with sincerity
Planting a Device with a Strong Taste 26
Dive into Nature 28
30 Welcome Greetings That Stay Deep in Your Heart
Affirming Compliments Diary 32
Exploring the surroundings with a traveler's mindset 34
Become a Luxury Brand Yourself 36
The Luxurious Consistency of a Morning Routine 38
Tighten your running shoe laces and put them on 40
42 Seasonal Walks to Enjoy the Seasons
44 Things That Make You Feel Good: Keep them in your life
Happy Butler Life 46
Making time for myself at the beginning and end of each day 48
50 Branded Lives Filled with Your Own Authenticity
Touching an Ugly Day 52
Make your body a little stronger 54
56 Big and Small Considerations for Each Other
58 Leisurely Mornings Before Work
Take a little break 60
A spoonful of aesthetics behind the neatness 62
Conversation with Plants That Refresh My Body 64
Cheer for all failures 66
Fill your eyes with the sky 68
Cleaning 70: Reflecting on the Day and Preparing for Tomorrow
72 Music to Complete Special Moments
74 Daily and Weekly Reflections on Myself
Adding Background Music to Your Ordinary Days 76
Do your best for those around you 78
80 Things That Make You Feel Like You Need to Do It
Listening to your favorite LP while drinking coffee 82
Conversations with your loved ones at the end of the day 84
Traces of our family's memories 86
Band Ensemble 88: Finding Your Past
Share your daily life with people close to you 90
Fill your home with your tastes 92
Throwing myself into a new environment 94
A Look at My 10-Year Diary 96
98 Rituals Focusing on the Changing Seasons
100 Place Beautiful Things Where Your Eyes Catch Them
Be grateful for every moment 102
Everyday Scenes Seen Through Unfamiliar Eyes 104
Preparing breakfast snacks and lunches for your team members 106
108 Spreading Warmth to Those Close to You
Creating a State of Feeling Beauty 110
Archiving Records and Experiences 112
Collecting Little Joys to Brighten Your Day 114
Time to Empty with a Comma 116
20-Minute Conversation with My Wife 118
Living Spontaneously and Actively 120
Constantly asking myself what I want 122
Small, Repetitive Happiness Routine 124
Time with your pet 126
Change the angle of your everyday life to find a new perspective 128
Recording Myself as I Am 130
Finding a Space Full of Inspiration 132
134 Going Out of the House to Find Fun
Finding New Things in Old Things 136
Traveling Through the Repetition of Everyday Life 138
Maintaining Your Own Health Routine 140
Weekend Morning Neighborhood Run 142
Mornings filled with time for myself 144
A Walk in the Sun and the Wind 146
Look Around Me Again 148
Forgetting Time and Feeling Everyday 150
Adding Consciousness to Your Daily Work 152
Climbing the mountain behind me to wake me up 154
Give up on anything except one thing you want to focus on 156
Bringing Special Moments into Your Life 158
Gaining Healthy Energy Through Hobbies 160
Creating Space in Your Home and Mind 162
A Short Diary to End the Day 164
166 Winning the Time to Sensitize Dawn
Don't expect anything, just do it 168
170 I carefully plan my day as if I were designing a space
Affectionate Conversations with Me 172
Lying in bed with three cats 174
Liking something without a purpose 176
Surrounding myself with beautiful things 178
180 Collected Notes of Small Moments
Change the order of time so that you don't hate me 182
One Photo a Day Diary 184
Focus on yourself without comparing 186
Conversation 188: Finding Inspiration in the Familiar
Making Things That Give You a Sense of Achievement 190
Filling Beauty with Small Objects 192
Making Time to Write Letters 194
Craft Activities that Reflect My Worldview 196
Small but Certain Achievements 198
200 Romantic Things Added to the Dance
Seeing and Immersing Yourself in a Work of Art 202
Enjoying Music on Your Favorite Speakers 204
Don't pass by familiar things without thinking 206
Finding What You Like Based on Your Taste 208
Nap 210: A Gift of Space in Your Daily Life
A delicious cup of coffee made just for me 212
Today's Collection: Different from Yesterday 214
Falling into Festival Memories 216
Immerse yourself in your favorite content 218
Looking back at my favorite things 220
Experience the Familiar Differently 222
Throwing Yourself Into the Randomness of Life 224
226 Kind Words That Send Warmth
228 How to Fit Procrastination into Your Daily Routine
Making what you treasure your own 230
Paying Attention to the Little Things 232
A Mirror Essential for Life: Reflection 234
Taking Care of Your Everyday Life 236
Time to focus solely on myself 238
240 Daily Plans to Create Your Own Rhythm
Excluding the premise that it is 'obvious' 242
Set aside 10 minutes for yourself 244
The Minimum Condition for Happiness: Eating Well 246
248 Small Moments Shared with Family, Friends, and Colleagues
Equip your body with quality products 250
Dancing with your body moving 252
If possible, do it well. If possible, do it happily. 254
Sensing with the Body, Postponing Judgment 256
Lighting a candle quietly as if praying 258
A Life Surrounded by Things You Love 260
A long walk through lush green foliage 262
Adding a little novelty to the familiar 264
A Simple Life of Craftsmanship 266
268 Strategies for Reducing Waste
Creative Time Gifted to Me 270
Drawing 272 to record your favorite moments
Capturing the Moment of Staying in Photographs 274
Collecting Things I Like 276
278 spaces for creativity and immersion
Keep one promise every day 280
Brief Eye Contact with Plants 282
Our home filled with things we love 284
Exchanging Morning Greetings with Friends 286
A gathering of delicious food and people you love 288
A Flower for Me 290
Love with all your heart 292
Collecting small happinesses and waiting for great happiness 294
Space filled with things that make me happy 296

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Into the book
Thinking about who a beautiful everyday life is for.
Thinking about what a beautiful everyday life is, not just for myself but for everyone in the world.
Trying to practice veganism, even if it's not perfect.
Choose products that are not tested on animals, reduce meat consumption, avoid ostentatious pet culture, and refrain from unnecessary spending.
A beautiful everyday life is one in which I believe that having what I want is meaningful only when others or other living beings do not suffer or sacrifice.

--- p.12 From “[Oboy Magazine] Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Kim Hyeon-seong”

(Omitted) Collecting happiness while walking through scenery that can only be enjoyed in that season makes my daily life a little more beautiful.
I especially like the glittering glitter of sunlight reflecting off the water. When I walk along the forest path on a sunny day, I realize that glitter is not only found in lakes and the sea, but also in the forest.
When you see sparkling scenery everywhere you look, you wonder if there is any happiness more luxurious than this.
Just walking in the nearby nature can make you happy. Is there any happiness that is this easy?

--- p.42 From “[Private Bookstore] Operator, Jeong Ji-hye”

(Omitted) At the end of the year, even if I am alone, I put up a small decoration in a corner of my house to create a year-end atmosphere.
Even when I cook a meal for myself, I put it in my favorite bowl so that it looks nice.
Even if it's not a special day, I buy a bouquet of flowers on my way home from work and put them in a vase to cheer myself up.
(Omitted) Focusing on the changing seasons and creating your own small rituals each time.
This is my know-how to make repetitive daily life beautiful.

--- p.98 From “[Angbong Collector], [Pieu] Operator, Kang Shin-hyang”

I add my own rituals to the things I do every day.
For example, when writing copy, always use a pencil on an unlined notebook.
When I'm writing really important copy, I choose that pencil a little more carefully.
(Omitted) When my head gets complicated, I take out various pencils from the pencil case I have collected as if I were growing a small garden on my desk and look at them.
It's a peppery moment on top of a boring daily life.

--- p.153 From “[TBWA KOREA] Creative Director, Yoo Byeong-wook”

I collect little moments of every day.
I collect myself, I collect stories of people I like, and I collect moments from brands I love.
With keen observation, I never miss the meaning of the small moments in my life, and with a strong sense of discovery, I embrace the sparkling inspiration of everyday life.
(Omitted) When the notebook containing the countless moments of my daily life, where I cried, laughed, was moved, and was in pain, becomes thick, I long for those many beautiful moments of my daily life and look forward to tomorrow's daily life.

--- p.181 From "Cheering Leader Olliboo, Seo Eun-ah"

Every morning, we grind new beans and brew coffee.
Start by choosing your coffee tool of the day from among a ceramic dripper, a glass jug, a Chemex that resembles a triangular flask, and a colorful and cute moka pot.
(Omitted) As I slowly drink the delicious cup of coffee made just for me, I find myself wanting to live today with sincerity.
I believe that beauty in everyday life begins with not being lazy about loving and caring for myself.
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--- p.212 From “Kim Soo-kyung, author of ‘Knits,’ ‘Making It Our Home,’ and ‘House, People’”

We subtly remove the assumption that everything is 'obvious' in our daily lives.
(Omitted) The moment something is no longer taken for granted, we feel gratitude.
When you feel gratitude, the warmth of the words you give rises.
When we put warmth into our words, our relationships become warmer.
The temperature change brings another spring breeze into our daily lives.
Even the single line of thought, 'Nothing is taken for granted', is not taken for granted, so perhaps I will become a little better as a person.

--- p.242 From “[University Tomorrow] Talent Growth Team Leader, Writer, Lee Yun-kyung”

There is a special joy in living a life surrounded by things you love.
As I bring in one or two items that capture my eyes and heart and see them every day, I feel that my daily life has become more satisfying.
(Omitted) When I find myself writing things that I used to write excitedly and with excitement, but now I am writing them with a calm and everyday life, I realize anew that life has become even more beautiful.
--- p.260 From “Stationery Man, Kim Gyu-rim”

Publisher's Review
What the interviews of Concept Jin, who live as the person I like, say
144 Everyday Beauties, 144 Everyday Power

What adjectives might be added to the word "daily"? The words "repetitive" and "painful" are the first to come to mind.
If we repeat the same busy days over and over again like a clock, it becomes difficult to say that everyday life is beautiful; it is just a series of repetitive, difficult days.


Nevertheless, we must live each day cherishingly, and we must not lose sight of the small moments of happiness, even if they pass in a fleeting moment like a twinkling light, and the beauty that permeates every aspect of our daily lives.


"Rediscovering Everyday Life" is a collection of interview essays by 144 people, collected in response to a single question posed to interviewees by the lifestyle magazine Concept Jin over the past 13 years.
This magazine, which was launched with the slogan, “Your daily life becomes a little more beautiful,” asks the interviewees of “Concept Jin,” who live their own lives with clear values, “What is the know-how to make your daily life beautiful?” after a long time.


The responses from 144 people to one question were all different, but their power to make their daily lives beautiful, their know-how to make life beautiful, what could be called "daily power," were all different, yet they all had the same light of determination.
'Spending time with loved ones', 'creating and maintaining my own routine', 'surrounding myself with things that make me happy', 'making time to focus on my thoughts and breathing'.


The 144 responses contain the sincere moments of striving to not waste the day given to us like a gift, to cherish our daily lives, our lives, and ourselves, and to live as the person we love.


I dedicate this book to those of you who are bored with the repetitive days, who simply envy the sparkling lives of others, and who don't like who you are now, in the hope that you will find your own sparkling moments.
By looking into the daily lives of 144 people who live as their favorite selves, I hope that you will discover ways to live your ordinary life a little more beautifully and take the time to reflect on how you are living.
And through that time, I hope you become someone who lives as ‘the me I love.’
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: April 25, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 300 pages | 130*190*17mm
- ISBN13: 9791198859143
- ISBN10: 1198859148

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