{"product_id":"134303","title":"Maybe it'll be surprisingly okay ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jYC5RwhARCPXML4m4SrzTQ7DmFxtz.png?v=1765028558\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e Maybe it'll be surprisingly okay \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd 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style=\"line-height:1.2em;text-align:center;font-size:18px;color:black;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/goods\/151753474\/XL\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;{split_style6}padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e Description \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eSkillfully avoiding the various trials, troubles, and despair of life\u003cbr\u003e Mr. Dae-ji's flexible wisdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The author of the cartoon “Happy Sweet Potato” who received great love from the public has returned with a new essay, “Maybe It’s Surprisingly Okay.”\u003cbr\u003e This book talks about how to live skillfully even amidst life's trials and tribulations, and the despair that comes from time to time.\u003cbr\u003e Through witty cartoons and short, memorable essays, he offers readers simple yet solid life advice. \u003cbr\u003eTo those who often feel lethargic and exhausted from trying too hard, it gives a small bit of courage that perhaps if they keep living this life, it might be okay.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Prologue: What is Life?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1.\u003cbr\u003e Trials\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rainy commute\/Printer\/What the manager does\/Hibernation\/Movement ability\/A certain pattern\/Commute home\/Proof\/Self-serve side dishes\/Drunkard\/Strange house\/Living with a rumbling sound\/Small talk\/That damn nostalgia\/Burdock and water parsley\/Negotiator\/Move the vanity\/Smell of bananas\/Road 1\/Road 2\/Habit 1\/Habit 2\/Crow\/Emergency situation\/Conversation with yourself\/Cat, I guess\/Traces\/Happy Punsu\/I'm the only one\/Something that suits me well\/Bangs\/Enlightenment\/The best me\/79+\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2.\u003cbr\u003e Despair Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhere is the pizza?\/What kind of repetition?\/Fruit flies?\/Minimum order amount?\/The end of the label?\/Moving arrangements?\/Freezer?\/Smell alarm?\/Regret?\/Nightmare machine?\/A difficult request?\/Decision?\/A mediocre talent?\/King Geunchogo and Everest?\/Diary?\/Hwangjoga and fruit flies?\/The water cycle?\/Rock, paper, scissors?\/Soap bubbles?\/Living as myself?\/A stable life?\/Don't be too sorry?\/A stepping stone called a promise?\/A place to entrust your heart?\/It might be like a life-size car?\/Where is the summit?\/Living as much as a bowl?\/In the end, you'll forget?\/Thanks to a misunderstanding?\/Dead end?\/Shadow?\/The needle in the tongue?\/You have to go to know?\/Because you're alive?\/What is life 1?\/What is life 2?\/What is life 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3.\u003cbr\u003e The chapter on afflictions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eI have to get up\/age\/meticulousness\/taxi\/flattery\/what is outside work\/solution\/envious of everything\/transformation\/holiday plans\/human work\/giraffe doll\/things I dislike\/I don't know either\/can I do well on my own?\/108 worries\/god of tidying up\/empathy\/memories of towels\/smell\/organizing closets\/flies\/atrocities\/organizing bookshelves\/movements\/spiders\/10,000 won world\/loneliness\/a chestnut tree\/weaknesses\/anger\/intellectuals\/bad guys\/the lesson of coffee\/tteokbokki from back then\/thunder and lightning\/getting ready to play\/four-leaf clover\/scary things\/strange world\/how to become comfortable\/happy moments\/trials\/hangovers\/steadily\/when the time comes\/countless selves\/running away\/flowing\/that's why\/electric wires\/dreams\/irony\/round and round\/understanding\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4.\u003cbr\u003e Humanity Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMission on the way to work\/Wrong encounter\/Familiar pigeon\/The door to Norway\/Snow White\/Gimbap dispenser\/Good thing\/Hula hoop\/Are you learning piano?\/Mother Mole\/Cheering is self-help\/Pine cone\/Happy moment\/Bicycle\/What kind of affection\/Fried egg\/As I wish\/To my future self\/Cheers\/Humming while human\/Heart\/So small\/Eating sweet potatoes\/Good place\/Dandelion\/Wild flower\/Almond blossom\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetailed image\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate5545\/MidCate010\/554495647.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Detailed Image 1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e As we live, there are many times when we have to do things that are far removed from ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e But even in the meantime, I will do my best to live as myself, at least in the things I can choose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If you were to time each enjoyable moment with a stopwatch, it wouldn't be that many.\u003cbr\u003e Aside from those brief moments, wouldn't the rest of the time be arduous and boring? After all, that's how living things sustain themselves. \u003cbr\u003eI've always thought that life is about stepping on the few happy moments that come and go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- pp.101-102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are times when I look at others and think, 'I wish I lived like that...', but we must acknowledge that each person's capacity is different and mine is not so much.\u003cbr\u003e My best exists in my life, in the form I can give it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I have always been myself.\u003cbr\u003e Thinking about it helped me not to break down even in bad situations.\u003cbr\u003e In the afternoon, my eyes were tired, so I went up to the rooftop of my company and saw that the shadows had gotten longer.\u003cbr\u003e I thought, 'Just because my shadow gets longer doesn't mean I'm not me anymore.'\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- pp.116-117\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Does it seem like I’m living carelessly?\u003cbr\u003e “Living like this is also a strategy of its own.”\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e- Mr. Dae-dae's life skills of living cleverly without a detailed plan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The writer, who records the lessons of everyday life with outstanding observation and quick wit, has come to readers with a new essay, “Maybe It’s Surprisingly Okay.”\u003cbr\u003e Our daily lives are often disrupted and shaken by unexpected problems and life's challenges.\u003cbr\u003e All kinds of trials and despair, and seemingly never-ending suffering, repeat like a Möbius strip.\u003cbr\u003e Nevertheless, he does not give in and lives bravely by taking life's advice with him.\u003cbr\u003e What I gleaned along the way were not grand philosophies or life advice, but rather practical insights that are necessary for those living in reality.\u003cbr\u003e Insightful sentences gleaned from the depths of life, alongside a warm cartoon, will tenderly comfort you today. \u003cbr\u003eThe episodes, captured with a cheerful yet delicate gaze, provide quiet comfort in the weary daily life and the courage to walk again.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo live as my best self\u003cbr\u003e A minimal philosophy of life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1, 'Trials', reveals the experience accumulated through various failures and heroic tales.\u003cbr\u003e It conveys that even in situations where you get hit by a piss-pouring due to a mistake and have to carry a vanity table much bigger than your body, you can still understand the way the world works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Chapter 2, “Despair,” and Chapter 3, “Affliction,” we practice changing the countless question marks that intervene in life into exclamation points.\u003cbr\u003e Sometimes, trying to do well can end up being a nuisance, and even after making a decision and turning back, I reflect on myself, following the regret that always lingers in a corner of my heart.\u003cbr\u003e His leisurely and ingenious perspective, that worries do not disappear but are put aside for a moment, creates a small gap in the worries we carry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4, “Humanity,” contains moments that are ordinary and simple, but that sustain us.\u003cbr\u003e I hope that by understanding the truth behind twisted words and imagining the circumstances behind rude behavior, the world will become a little less harsh and more generous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While his previous work captured moments of ordinary daily life with a unique sensibility and cheerful perspective, this book reflects on the critical moments that occur at every crossroads in life.\u003cbr\u003e He also talks about how to live by smiling appropriately and persevering wisely even when life doesn't go as planned.\u003cbr\u003e This is advice for all of us who are somehow surviving today, even if things don't go well and our efforts aren't rewarded.\u003cbr\u003e A quiet encouragement to you who has lost your passion and to everyone who is trying their best to hold on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There is no one in this world who lives with a perfect manual for life. \u003cbr\u003ePassion doesn't last long, growth doesn't happen as quickly as expected, and even enduring life requires skill.\u003cbr\u003e People only realize this simple truth after their youth is over.\u003cbr\u003e If you sometimes want to let go and live leisurely as if this is your second life, how about this book?\u003cbr\u003e Living like that might be surprisingly okay. 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