
The last selfish decision
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Let's make a selfish decision for a beautiful ending!
A selfish decision for me ultimately cost me my family, whom I love the most.
Because it would be the most altruistic decision I could make for the society I live in.
By 2025, we will enter a super-aged society, with 20% of the population aged 65 or older.
The first baby boomer generation has already retired, and the second baby boomer generation is about to retire.
The elderly population is growing rapidly.
In the past, life expectancy was short, so many people passed away at a young age.
The average life expectancy is now over 80 years.
We live in a new era where we have never lived this long after retirement.
If you retire in your 60s, or even as early as your late 50s, you may have to live for at least 20 years without any special work or goals.
Can we accept such a life? We continue to study, gain experience, and strive to live healthier and happier lives, not only during our youth but also in our 30s and 40s, when we are actively engaged in society.
However, there is little preparation for how to spend the later years of life in a healthy, enjoyable, and fulfilling manner.
So, in this new era where all of humanity is facing a long and protracted old age for the first time, we must consider what preparations we must make to ensure a happy old age and a beautiful end to our lives.
Won Hye-young, founder of eco-friendly natural food company Pulmuone and a five-term member of the National Assembly, retired from politics and jumped into the 'well-dying culture movement.'
CEO Won Hye-young said, “I started a new life as a ‘well-dying evangelist’ because I wanted to think about, study, and practice the many issues of well-dying together with you to achieve a beautiful end to life.”
He said, “Dying well, ‘dying well,’ is the completion of ‘living well.’
And the effort and decision to accept death, which inevitably comes at the end of one's life, as a natural end to life rather than something to be faced, and to prepare for it in advance is called "dying well."
As people age, their bodies and minds age, and they retire from the workforce, they tend to think that the rest of their lives is nothing special.
But the time that remains can be a wonderful life.
You can still enjoy life vibrantly, not just living life as a bonus.
The one who can make my life wonderful is ‘me’.
Just as we lived independently and proactively, setting our own goals and work when we were young, CEO Won Hye-young suggests that we live confidently and energetically in our old age, with the right to self-determination.
“I hope that we can become a dignified society where people have the power to make decisions about their own lives and think about and prepare for them.
“Can a society where ten million elderly people live in resignation, thinking, ‘This is how I’m going to die,’ and a society where people calmly exercise their right to self-determination as the masters of their own lives have the same dignity and vitality?” Everyone wants to live a humane life in the way they chose and end their lives with dignity.
But if you don't prepare, you'll likely end up being led around by others for the rest of your life and end up in a way you don't want to be.
Representative Won Hye-young said, “When tens of millions of elderly people have pride and a sense of responsibility for their lives, tens of millions of people can live proudly as the masters of their own lives,” and urged people to become masters of their own lives until the very end.
And as a practical method, it suggests five decisions: writing a will, life-prolonging treatment, final care method, record of past life, and method of memorialization.
A selfish decision for me ultimately cost me my family, whom I love the most.
Because it would be the most altruistic decision I could make for the society I live in.
By 2025, we will enter a super-aged society, with 20% of the population aged 65 or older.
The first baby boomer generation has already retired, and the second baby boomer generation is about to retire.
The elderly population is growing rapidly.
In the past, life expectancy was short, so many people passed away at a young age.
The average life expectancy is now over 80 years.
We live in a new era where we have never lived this long after retirement.
If you retire in your 60s, or even as early as your late 50s, you may have to live for at least 20 years without any special work or goals.
Can we accept such a life? We continue to study, gain experience, and strive to live healthier and happier lives, not only during our youth but also in our 30s and 40s, when we are actively engaged in society.
However, there is little preparation for how to spend the later years of life in a healthy, enjoyable, and fulfilling manner.
So, in this new era where all of humanity is facing a long and protracted old age for the first time, we must consider what preparations we must make to ensure a happy old age and a beautiful end to our lives.
Won Hye-young, founder of eco-friendly natural food company Pulmuone and a five-term member of the National Assembly, retired from politics and jumped into the 'well-dying culture movement.'
CEO Won Hye-young said, “I started a new life as a ‘well-dying evangelist’ because I wanted to think about, study, and practice the many issues of well-dying together with you to achieve a beautiful end to life.”
He said, “Dying well, ‘dying well,’ is the completion of ‘living well.’
And the effort and decision to accept death, which inevitably comes at the end of one's life, as a natural end to life rather than something to be faced, and to prepare for it in advance is called "dying well."
As people age, their bodies and minds age, and they retire from the workforce, they tend to think that the rest of their lives is nothing special.
But the time that remains can be a wonderful life.
You can still enjoy life vibrantly, not just living life as a bonus.
The one who can make my life wonderful is ‘me’.
Just as we lived independently and proactively, setting our own goals and work when we were young, CEO Won Hye-young suggests that we live confidently and energetically in our old age, with the right to self-determination.
“I hope that we can become a dignified society where people have the power to make decisions about their own lives and think about and prepare for them.
“Can a society where ten million elderly people live in resignation, thinking, ‘This is how I’m going to die,’ and a society where people calmly exercise their right to self-determination as the masters of their own lives have the same dignity and vitality?” Everyone wants to live a humane life in the way they chose and end their lives with dignity.
But if you don't prepare, you'll likely end up being led around by others for the rest of your life and end up in a way you don't want to be.
Representative Won Hye-young said, “When tens of millions of elderly people have pride and a sense of responsibility for their lives, tens of millions of people can live proudly as the masters of their own lives,” and urged people to become masters of their own lives until the very end.
And as a practical method, it suggests five decisions: writing a will, life-prolonging treatment, final care method, record of past life, and method of memorialization.
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CHAPTER 1.
Live well, die well
01 Starting a new life
02 Two Courages for a Happy Life
03 The Age of the Super-Aged: A Future We Are Unprepared for
04 The completion of 'living well' is 'dying well'
05 People who chose a dignified death
CHAPTER 2.
Age well
01 Even as you age, you need to prepare.
02 Live the age you want
03 Live well, age well, die well
04 Five Decisions for a Beautiful Life
CHAPTER 3.
Finally, I Decide - Five Decisions
01 First Decision: A Will to State My Will
02 Second Decision: What Treatments I Want and What I Don't Want
03 Third Decision: How I Want to Be Careful in My End
04 Fourth Decision: My Life Record, Prepared by Myself
05 Fifth Decision: The Memorial I Want
Epilogue
Appendix: Pets and Pet Loss
Live well, die well
01 Starting a new life
02 Two Courages for a Happy Life
03 The Age of the Super-Aged: A Future We Are Unprepared for
04 The completion of 'living well' is 'dying well'
05 People who chose a dignified death
CHAPTER 2.
Age well
01 Even as you age, you need to prepare.
02 Live the age you want
03 Live well, age well, die well
04 Five Decisions for a Beautiful Life
CHAPTER 3.
Finally, I Decide - Five Decisions
01 First Decision: A Will to State My Will
02 Second Decision: What Treatments I Want and What I Don't Want
03 Third Decision: How I Want to Be Careful in My End
04 Fourth Decision: My Life Record, Prepared by Myself
05 Fifth Decision: The Memorial I Want
Epilogue
Appendix: Pets and Pet Loss
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Publisher's Review
As our life was beautiful,
The end of that life must also be made beautiful.
Here are five decisions I need to make to conclude my beautiful life:
■ First decision: A will to express my wishes - “I will write a will even if it means buying a house.”
A will is the last words I leave this world when I leave.
This little piece of paper contains my life, my values, and my thoughts on my loved ones.
It contains my thoughts on how I want to spend my last days.
Before I leave this world, my life, my heart, and my will are written on a single piece of paper, so my story will continue even after I am gone.
■ Second Decision: What Treatments I Want and What I Don't Want - "A Choice for Everyone, Advance Directives for Life-Sustaining Care"
An 'advance directive' is a way to decide in advance what to do in the event that you are unable to express your wishes in the end and to inform those around you of this.
This is a document that a person writes to express his or her intention to not receive any life-sustaining treatment or to stop treatment and use hospice care when the patient becomes incurable.
■ Third Decision: How I Want to Be Careful in My Final Years - “How I Want to Be in My Final Years”
To die with dignity, one must have awareness and make decisions about how to die and what treatment and medical care to receive before death approaches.
Hospice is a system that helps terminally ill patients accept death and live as comfortably as possible with hope.
This treatment method is suitable for people who say, 'I do not want my loved ones to remember me suffering from pain, and I want them to receive adequate pain relief when the pain is severe.'
■ Fourth Decision: A Self-Organized Life Record - “Looking Back on My Life with a Life Note”
The culture of having self-determination even after retirement and into old age comes from people organizing and finishing their own lives.
Let's write a life notebook, a record of our lives, to reflect on our future and find a direction for our future.
By looking at the life notes I wrote, I can share memories with my family and friends, and I can even start a new life with the precious people around me for the rest of my life.
■ Fifth Decision: The Memorial I Want - “How about having a funeral or farewell party while the person is still alive?”
You might think that our society's traditional funerals are a product of long-standing customs and culture and should be preserved.
However, it would also be very meaningful to hold a funeral or farewell party before I leave this world to put my life in order and express my gratitude and love to those I am grateful for and love for.
By expressing my gratitude and love to my family, friends, and neighbors, I can ensure that my relationships with them remain beautiful even after I am gone.
The end of that life must also be made beautiful.
Here are five decisions I need to make to conclude my beautiful life:
■ First decision: A will to express my wishes - “I will write a will even if it means buying a house.”
A will is the last words I leave this world when I leave.
This little piece of paper contains my life, my values, and my thoughts on my loved ones.
It contains my thoughts on how I want to spend my last days.
Before I leave this world, my life, my heart, and my will are written on a single piece of paper, so my story will continue even after I am gone.
■ Second Decision: What Treatments I Want and What I Don't Want - "A Choice for Everyone, Advance Directives for Life-Sustaining Care"
An 'advance directive' is a way to decide in advance what to do in the event that you are unable to express your wishes in the end and to inform those around you of this.
This is a document that a person writes to express his or her intention to not receive any life-sustaining treatment or to stop treatment and use hospice care when the patient becomes incurable.
■ Third Decision: How I Want to Be Careful in My Final Years - “How I Want to Be in My Final Years”
To die with dignity, one must have awareness and make decisions about how to die and what treatment and medical care to receive before death approaches.
Hospice is a system that helps terminally ill patients accept death and live as comfortably as possible with hope.
This treatment method is suitable for people who say, 'I do not want my loved ones to remember me suffering from pain, and I want them to receive adequate pain relief when the pain is severe.'
■ Fourth Decision: A Self-Organized Life Record - “Looking Back on My Life with a Life Note”
The culture of having self-determination even after retirement and into old age comes from people organizing and finishing their own lives.
Let's write a life notebook, a record of our lives, to reflect on our future and find a direction for our future.
By looking at the life notes I wrote, I can share memories with my family and friends, and I can even start a new life with the precious people around me for the rest of my life.
■ Fifth Decision: The Memorial I Want - “How about having a funeral or farewell party while the person is still alive?”
You might think that our society's traditional funerals are a product of long-standing customs and culture and should be preserved.
However, it would also be very meaningful to hold a funeral or farewell party before I leave this world to put my life in order and express my gratitude and love to those I am grateful for and love for.
By expressing my gratitude and love to my family, friends, and neighbors, I can ensure that my relationships with them remain beautiful even after I am gone.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: December 5, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 268 pages | 456g | 145*210*16mm
- ISBN13: 9788984012677
- ISBN10: 898401267X
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