Prologue
Still, the reason I travel

PART 1.
Joy
-Episodes from company life
1.
first paycheck
2.
Peaceful Lunch Time _ feat. New Employee
3.
prepared answers
4.
Why do we earn money?
5.
Sometimes I feel good
6.
Smart Grandma's Way to Fight Voice Phishing
7.
The day I paid off my student loans
8.
To my younger brother who is now a college student
9.
1st anniversary of joining the company
10.
Waiting for summer vacation
11.
One special day

-Travel Destination Episode
1.
Japan-Osaka
2.
Japan-Tokyo
3.
Japan-Kagoshima
4.
taiwan

PART 2.
Roh Anger
-Episodes from company life
1.
The Vice President's favorite orchid
2.
Boss's gluttony
3.
The law of conservation of mass
4.
Things that were scary back then
5.
open secret
6.
An incident that happened on the subway on the way to work
7.
Since when did I stop looking back?
8.
Life as a new employee
9.
What is diet for cattle?
10.
I suggest a suggestion box
11.
A typical weekend

- Travel Destination Episode
1.
vietnam
2.
Cambodia
3.
Hong Kong and Macau

PART 3.
sorrow
- Company life episode
1.
message
2.
Mom is not a neighborhood book_1
3.
Mom is not a neighborhood book_2
4.
The team leader is also a mother at home
5.
Understanding your father
6.
A day when I want to eat alone
7.
Life with dinner
8.
Love is ultimately unrequited love
9.
Am I the only one living like this?
10.
Things that have increased while working
11.
Living in Seoul
12.
A close colleague's resignation

- Travel Destination Episode
1.
Czechia

PART 4.
Rock
- Company life episode
1.
Salary stamped in bankbook
2.
Golden Week
3.
A warm word
4.
Friday 5 o'clock
5.
A beer on the way home from work
6.
Coffee on the way to work
7.
small diameter
8.
family
9.
The wind blowing on the way home from work
10.
snacking
11.
person

- Travel Destination Episode
1.
jeju island
2.
India

A morning where I'm exhausted before I even get to work
3pm, lazy after lunch
The way home from work, both physically and mentally exhausted
The moment when empathy becomes comfort, "You worked hard today too"

My mom asks the same thing every time.
- Have you eaten?
- When do you get off work?
- Are you working overtime?
- Are you coming carefully?
(syncopation)

When I get home, I make an excuse that I'm tired.
Me, who went into the room after washing up and didn't come out.
I want to see a country like that too
Mom carefully opens the door and comes in.
In that mother's hands, there is undoubtedly a plate of fruit.
_From 'Mom is not a neighborhood book 2'

Even if things don't go well at work, or if I get scolded by my boss, or if I'm late because the subway is late, it's all my mom's fault, it's because of her.
Even if you whine and complain like this behind your back, your mother won't budge.
I had an experience of secretly swallowing tears as I kept thinking about my mother's back.
I think everyone has experienced this at least once.

The author calmly unfolds the big and small episodes from social life in a composition of joy, sorrow, and pleasure.
When I read articles that make my mouth smile but my eyes sting, I feel as if they were written by someone who dragged me into it.
Our daily lives at work, where we spend a third or more of our day.
Sometimes, life can be as heavy and difficult as it is, but it is comforting to know that I am not alone.


Even while on vacation, checking email was essential.
My grandmother said this as she watched me suddenly stop and correct a report while driving along the coastal road.
- Are you coming all the way here to work again?
- I'm not going on another trip with my grandmother who has to work.
- Okay, then double it.
Work hard.
Grandma is hungry

There are moments in corporate life that are a joy.
When I hand my parents an envelope with pocket money, even if it's not much, a beer with good people after a hard day, a cool evening breeze blowing on my way home from work, when I wait for payday to buy things I've always wanted to buy and do things I've always wanted to do...
For the author, travel means more than just self-reward.
The trips I took under the pretext of 'summer vacation', 'holidays', and 'reward vacations' gave me the strength to get through my daily life.
The unfamiliar daily life I encountered while traveling brought back memories of familiar things and made me realize the value of things I left behind.

Even though I am a salaryman who is struggling to make ends meet, the reason I had to grit my teeth and leave was not for a better tomorrow, but for today's happiness.
'It's because, as I watched my precious people leave one by one, I decided to live well today and be faithful to what I can do now.'
This is because, even though life is tough, I have decided to live by looking back on the things I cannot do if not now.