Prologue Happy Sweet Potato

Part 1 Anyway, I have to go to work
Alarm / On the way to work / Subway shoulder strap / I can hear your typing / Liveliness / A colleague's taste / A temporary holiday / Me on a certain day / 4 PM / A certain capable person / The type of person in summer / I'm in trouble / Poker face / The manager left work early / Social life 1 / Social life 2 / Social life 3 / Social life 4 / Social life 5 / What is it? / Courage / The dangers of going to work / Quitting work 1 / Quitting work 2 / Being strong / I'm not stupid / One day / Applause / The power of everyday life / The reason for leaving work early
Living Point: If someone hates me

Part 2 has its advantages
Laziness or Man / Why Me Too? / Time to spare / Time travel / 3-day holiday / Reasons for putting off work / A certain cycle / Automatic reflex / Appointment time / Either/or / The scariest hell / Things that can be put off / Do it right now / Put aside past glories / How to organize well / I remember everything / A certain consumption / A lonely fate / A person who has never lost an umbrella / There are advantages / Alphabetical order / Clothes that can never be worn / There are eggs in a hat / Dream / A map for a loser 1 / A map for a loser 2 / I know the way there but not the way back / I keep getting on the wrong way / Left and right / The best gamjatang / The one who warns of danger
Living Point: If you ever think, 'Why am I doing this now?'

Part 3: This is not how I live!
Sleepless Night / Timid Person / Telemarketing / Timid's Counterattack / Timid's Revenge 1 / Timid's Revenge 2 / Detailed Energy / Sneaker Washing / Seven Caution / Supernatural Phenomena / Eyebrow Grooming / The Truth About High Heels / Rap / Take Enough / Spring / Nothing Can't Happen / Hmm / Attitude / Motto / Chain Letter / Lucky Dream / Pioneering 1 / Pioneering 2 / Luck / Conclusion / I Know It! / This Is Not Why I Live This Way / Reasons to Be Shameless / The Life of a Cicada / A Songi
Living Point: If you feel pathetic today

Part 4 is ruined
Winter sun / Kicking energy / The sound of life twisting / Me when things don't go well / Me when things go well / Parallel movement of hardship / Failure / The pace wasn't right / Lesson / Punishment / Don't be surprised, mother / There's plenty to eat and live for / Isn't it? / Life is 1 / Life is 2 / Life is 3 / There's no answer / To avoid hearing those words / What do I fill the emptiness with? / Everything is ruined / Ability / Fundamentals / Orca / Life / Let's not get used to my broken self / Days when I hate myself / Peach life / Blame others / New sprout / It's okay, even if it's meaningless / If I'm going to do it, I'll do it otter
Living Point: When you find something wrong and keep worrying about it

Part 5: Have fun in the meantime
Beer is the best / Beer is the best / Emergency kit / Reasons to be brave / Curry insurance / People who eat bibim noodles / Jjambbong on a rainy day / Stress / Bone hangover soup for a hard day / How to deal with static electricity / Achabel / How to walk in spring / Green onion pancake secret squad / Bangs killer / Why my hands are numb / Telephone / That's not it / Open-air fish cake soup / If you get rich 1 / If you get rich 2 / The effort of laughter / Exercise / Monk / The secret of the sea / A happy moment / Relieve unfairness / Rhythmic gymnastics / Positive mind / Laughter / Pretend not to know / If it's heaven / Comfort / Knitting
Living Point: If you feel emptiness creeping in without warning sometimes

Part 6 Whatever happens
Flower buds / When it dies / Complete set / Sparkling moments / Peaceful everyday life / Turkish ice cream / Beautiful things / Small but important moments / On the way back / Just by living / I hope coconuts are brave / Crying booth in the air / Kindness / Worrying is my specialty / Needle / Surely / Don't ask why / If you meet a strange person / Jellyfish / The duty to be cool / No matter what happens / I am the same / There's nothing I can do / That summer, Seoul Land / UV protection / There's nothing I can do / Star / Bicycle
Living Point: If you can't start something because you're worried about people laughing at you,

Epilogue Hope as a Secret

From today on, I've decided to make it my life goal to take good care of myself!
Da-dae's unique living point: navigating everyday life, where every moment is a crisis, with humor and wisdom.

One day a year ago, a four-panel cartoon titled "Happy Sweet Potato" was posted on social media.
Goguma lives happily in a ginseng field, believing himself to be ginseng.
The ginseng next to him begins to feel jealous of the sweet potato.
How can you be happy without even being ginseng?
Ginseng reveals his identity to Goguma.
After a while, Goguma hums, “Sweet potato~ I am~ Sweet potato~”, still happy.
This seemingly insignificant cartoon, though indifferent, somehow offered comfort, and left a lasting impression on the memories of over 5 million people.

The illustrated essay, "Let's Be Good to Myself Today," by the artist who drew "Happy Sweet Potato," has been published by Yedam.
This book, subtitled 'Somehow the author, Mr. Da-ji's sporadic life skills', is full of anecdotes that resonate with the author, who always finds joy in any situation.
The author, who has worked in various fields such as an internet newspaper reporter, web radio writer, and web editor, and has also run a one-man business, records the lessons of everyday life with his outstanding observation and quick wit.
As musician Yozoh said, “I’ve never met anyone with a more stubborn sense of humor than Mr. Dae.”, the writer Dae maintains a balance in his life that is neither better nor worse, finds small pleasures, and builds his own unique life skills to be happy enough as it is.

His strength lies in the fact that he “neither forces us to be strong, nor does he try to lull us into thinking we are weak with easy consolation” (author Park Hyeon-ju).
Even when the one-man business I had painstakingly developed and sold failed, I was able to overcome my depression through the daily routine of going to work at my new job, and I came to understand that the common saying, “It’s okay, I have plenty to eat,” doesn’t actually mean it’s okay.
As I eat the tasteless peach, I involuntarily realize that, like this peach, each person may endure difficult times and survive without achieving anything great.
And with his unique wit and humor, he cheers up the tough life.

The author, although well aware of his own shortcomings, does not think of himself as inferior. He knows that he should not live like this, so he always struggles with how to live. He jokes that this life is ruined, but he never truly gives up.
I hope that the author's wish to share this story with those who secretly harbor the hope that something good might happen to them someday will be widely conveyed through this book.

“Maybe something good will happen to me someday too.
“I wanted to share this book with someone who lives with hope as a secret.” _From the epilogue

"Let's be good to myself today" contains a method for living well for 'me' and no one else.
Life always flows regardless of our will and intention.
I wanted to have a special ability that sets me apart from others, but I ended up developing a useless ability that makes me automatically think of addresses all over the country just by hearing the name of a person. And I ended up not being able to do things I put off until when I was in better condition or less tired because that time never came.
Slipping on a rainy road, getting bitten by a dog, getting your finger stuck in a chair and having to go to the hospital, and having a hard time turning down insurance solicitations because of your timid personality.

But even in such a difficult(!) daily life, we can buy chocolate with our own will.
If you feel like your life is a failure, just put aside your worries and eat something delicious.
With the mindset that "nothing can't happen to me," you can prepare for bad things in advance, while also buying lottery tickets in anticipation of a sudden stroke of luck.
Since no trials are unique to me, I can still say that this is my life even though I haven't yet grown proper wings.
What if you're a little awkward in life?
At the end of my day, which is like a new sprout, I, who have lived for decades, will be standing firm.

Let's walk home from work today briskly for no reason.
I decided to treat myself to a dinner of pizza, beer, and the words, "Let's be nice to me today."