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I'm really good just the way I am
I'm fine just the way I am
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A gift for myself who has worked hard so far
“You, who were so brilliant in 2018,
“I hope your efforts will bear fruit next year as well.”


Hummingbird pursues novelty and freedom in a repetitive life, and with the belief that there is no such thing as 'original', 'absolute', or 'just', it has always taken on new challenges to express Hummingbird's unique sensibility in various ways.
In line with this, we carried out a recovery collaboration with the design brand 'TPTIPO'.


The second essay of "The Woman Who Reads Stories," read by 1.2 million readers every day, and which was loved by many and immediately became a bestseller in bookstores nationwide upon publication, "I'm Really Good Just the Way I Am," has met TPTPO's refreshing "Fruit" pattern.
The 'Fruit Edition' symbolizes that every seed contains fruit and that fruit will surely grow someday.
To those who are anxious and anxious right now because it seems like nothing is happening, I offer a thoughtful message of encouragement.
It is a sincere hope that, like a luscious fruit that endures the hot sun and wind and rain to bear fruit, it will eventually bear beautiful fruit.
Above all, it contains sweet and gentle comfort, as if to compensate for the efforts and hard work of the past.
If you want to encourage someone for their hard work and send them bright hopes for a bright future filled with new achievements, the Fruit Edition will surely be a meaningful gift.
Not only to my loved ones, but also to myself.
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PROLOGUE · 006

To me who doesn't know how beautiful I am
1st heart order.
I'm fine just the way I am


I decided to like it, because I am me · 014
A Place Where I Can Shine · 019
I believe you'll get through this · 024
I'm doing well every day · 026
Practice Not Hating Myself · 030
Because he is a person who shines brightly enough · 033
A Flower Blooming in Worry · 036
To avoid being swayed by the gaze of others · 040
Wings Behind Your Back · 044
A Life of Walking and Enjoying the Scenery · 046
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay · 050
Set your heart on illusions · 052
They say you get lonely when you grow up · 057
Swallowing Sadness · 060
Give me a heart that can endure · 064

To me, who is clumsy and finds love difficult
2nd heart order.
I had courage in front of love


Counting the Breakups · 070
Nameless Season · 074
First Love, First Breakup · 078
There will be an intersection · 084
To You Who Loved Courageously · 088
A person who is good in everything except this one thing · 090
Love Through the Years · 095
Love can have different temperatures · 098
You'll get used to it once you get used to it · 100
There Was So Much of You Inside Me · 106
A text message sent at dawn · 108
Unfair Breakups · 113
Losing to a Breakup · 117
A Letter I Never Sent to You · 121
If You Didn't Know About Breakups · 126
What is not is not · 129

On days when I am swayed by the gaze of others
3rd Mind Order.
Just as my heart tells me to


It Will Pass Someday · 136
Overcoming Limitations · 139
A place with a beautiful view · 142
I Don't Want to Be Alone · 144
Why You're Good · 150
The mind needs recharging too · 155
Ordinary People · 158
When it rains in your heart, I will come to mind · 163
I'm so sad · 168
Hating Someone · 171
More Today than Yesterday · 174
I don't know anything · 178
How wonderful it would be if hearts could be seen · 180
Splitting Wooden Chopsticks · 185
I want to live a life that never fades · 190
Giving Advice Carelessly · 194
Crying Adult · 198

The moment when you suddenly want to sit down
4th Mind Order.
I am doing well every day.


You're doing well now · 202
Nevertheless · 206
I realized it only after I climbed over the wall · 208
The Other Side of Appearance · 213
The Meaning of Not Difficult · 216
It's Okay Even If It's Not Okay · 219
Restart, not End · 223
Momentary Happiness · 228
How to Light Up Your Heart · 232
What I Really Want to Hear · 234
I Can Fail · 237
Just Not Today · 241
I wish you happiness · 244
Running further · 246
Stepping Out of the Frame · 252
I'll Be Your Spring · 256
You're doing better than you think · 258

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I decided to like you just the way you are.

My face without makeup
There are so many human relationships that you can count on one hand.
I decided to accept it without being embarrassed.


It's good just the way it is.
It's better to accept things as they are.
I like the way I accept myself and grow.

---From "I decided to like it, because I am me"

There have been a few twists and turns in my life, but what has kept me from losing myself is my attitude of not hating myself.
If it feels difficult to say that I should love myself, if I don't know how to love myself, let's start by practicing not hating myself.

Don't blame me,
Practice accepting myself as I am, without thinking of myself as inferior.
Let's start with that.

---From "Practice Not to Hate Myself"

It wasn't that I didn't have light.

There were many shining people around me.
Just like there are good people around good people
There was a shining person next to a shining person.
I don't have the energy to look around
I didn't realize how bright it was around me.


You are like me too.

You are the only one who does not know because you are in the light,
You are a much better person.
So you don't have to put yourself down.
You can enjoy happiness with confidence.
Because he is a person who shines brightly just by existing in this world.

---From "Because I'm a person who shines brightly enough"

More than you think
You are a much more wonderful person.
So I hope you don't hesitate.
I can't do everything well, but
Because you are someone who tries to do well in everything.

Let's go for now.
No one knows what lies at the end
Wouldn't it be refreshing to see the end at least?
I hope you don't become stingy with yourself.
You are doing better than you think.

---From "You're Doing Better Than You Think"

When trials come, there are people who pretend to be okay even though they are not.
I am one of those people.
There are many reasons to pretend to be okay, but in my case, it was because I wanted to be someone who could be okay 'despite' the trials.
I thought that being able to remain calm in the face of all trials meant being a person of broad mind, and I believed that only by being a person of broad mind could I achieve the ideal world I desired.
So even though my heart was breaking, I pretended it wasn't.

---From "It's Okay Even If It's Not Okay"

Publisher's Review
"The Woman Who Reads Stories," a story that has warmly comforted the hearts of 1.2 million readers.
Telling my own honest story, not someone else's
“Will you listen to my story this time?”


The author of "The Woman Who Reads Stories," which is viewed daily by 850,000 Facebook users, 100,000 Instagram users, and 300,000 Pikicast users, the legend of SNS content that amassed over 1.2 million subscribers in just 3 years, and the messenger of communication and empathy who delivers gentle emotions with short but powerful aphorisms, there are many words that describe "The Woman Who Reads Stories."
However, she has remained veiled and focused solely on sympathizing with and comforting the pain of countless readers through the medium of writing.


"I'm Fine Just the Way I Am" is an autobiographical essay in which the "Woman Who Reads Stories," who has warmed the hearts of countless readers with her delicate empathy and thoughtful language, honestly tells her own story for the first time, rather than that of others.
This book begins with the confession, “I forgot again, how beautiful I am,” and contains traces of worries and conflicts that young people living in this era can relate to, such as the ups and downs of the social media world that seemed relatively shabby due to the narrow human relationships that were clearly revealed, the moments when it felt like I had to wear the mask of someone other than myself, and the anxiety that I would fall behind no matter how hard I tried.


The author honestly confesses to his own experiences of being shaken, while at the same time writing about the enlightenment he gained from them in warm language.
Reading her writing, the lock on my stubbornly closed heart is unlocked, and before I know it, my heart is filled with my own warmth. This is probably because the life story the writer tells is comfort itself.
Because the sincerity of someone who has the courage to confess their feelings that they couldn't even show to the closest people can come as a warm comfort.

“There is no one as good as you
I hope you don't forget."
A warm cheer for you who doesn't know how beautiful you are.


Whenever I turn on social media, it's filled with people who always look perfectly happy, so I keep feeling pathetic.
I want to fit into that glamorous world, so I erase myself and pretend to be a better version of myself.
On the one hand, I feel sorry for myself for being so obsessed with this, but the world constantly demands that I become a 'better' person.
The author, having also experienced such times, offers warm comfort to those struggling with similar concerns, saying that we are all beautiful just as we are.


"I'm so good just the way I am" is a story I want to share with you who live without knowing how beautiful you are.
In a world where it is not easy to accept and love oneself as one is, the author says, “I am like that too.”
“I hope you never forget that there is no one as good as you.” And when the world pushes you to be better, I encourage you to quietly recite this mantra in your heart.


“I am good just the way I am.”

This book fully captures the joys and sorrows of life experienced by youth in this era.
The author acknowledges the hardships and contradictions of each day as they are, but draws out the positive messages we need from them, sometimes offering poignant empathy and sometimes heart-warming comfort.
So she cheers him on, saying, “You are doing well now.”
The world demands that we become better, but the warm message that holds us still and tells us not to waver is the true strength of author Jo Yu-mi.


This book also includes illustrations by illustrator Hwa-Yul Hwa, which fill the emptiness in your heart just by looking at them, creating a beautiful harmony with the thoughtful writing of author Yu-Mi Jo.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of publication: September 15, 2017
- Page count, weight, size: 264 pages | 382g | 137*200*20mm
- ISBN13: 9788968331503
- ISBN10: 8968331502

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