A thousand suns still shine after fifty
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Spend the remaining days shining on your own 21 Tips for Creating a Premium Period Thanks to the advancement of science, technology, and medicine, we are not far from the age of 100 and the age of 120, but ironically, along with the extension of our lifespan, we have been gifted(?) with a long 'old age'. Regardless of one's wealth or status, after the age of 50, one must live out the remaining 50 years feeling a decline in physical and mental strength. If you face that time without any preparation, you might struggle, saying, “I won’t grow old even if I die,” or just mutter, “I told you so in my old days,” and let it pass by listlessly. However, if you look around, there are still many wonderful adults who are active in their respective fields and even enjoying their golden years, and who are objects of envy, saying, “I want to grow old like them.” As we grow older, some people become frail old people, while others become true adults. What is the difference? Even now, 10 years after retirement, author Yoo In-kyung is still actively working in broadcasting, lecturing, and writing. She researched books and materials about aging, and met with seniors and adults who are actively living their lives and spending their later years. She observed how they are creating their own golden, sparkling, and best time, the "Premium Period." Through this, the life attitude and wisdom needed in the second half of life were summarized into 21 items and included in this book. |
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Introduction_ The best time to shine like gold
PART 1: How to Live the Premium Period
· Present: Live fully in this moment
· Prestige: Polish your speech, attitude, and thoughts with class.
Peaceful: Endure the heavy rain and enjoy the gifts of time.
Purpose: Have one thing you can't let go of until the end.
· Premium: Let your tastes and hobbies shine through.
PART 2: The Best Period: What to Keep in Mind During the Premium Period
· Potential: It's never too late in life
· Pick: What I choose makes me who I am.
· Phenomenal: Beware of emotional wear and tear rather than physical aging.
· Positive: Don't waste time and energy worrying about useless things.
· Pleasure: Find joy in every moment, everywhere.
PART 3 What to do during the Premium Period
· Prize: Prepare a gift for yourself for living fiercely.
· Pass: What has passed must be left as it is to have meaning.
· Power: Develop the strength to move forward steadily and tirelessly throughout a long life.
· Peak: Be sure that now is your prime.
· Passion: Do something you love at least once in your life.
· Playful and fun: Have fun like a kid on summer vacation.
PART 4: About the Relationships Required in the Premium Period
· Private: Create your own private time and space.
· Precious: Sometimes think of the most precious thing in your life.
Polite: Be humble to others and kind to yourself.
· Provide: Share even if you only have enough in your heart.
· Partner: Interact and communicate with people and maintain good relationships.
In closing: A thousand suns still shine after fifty.
* Books recommended for the Premium Period of Life
PART 1: How to Live the Premium Period
· Present: Live fully in this moment
· Prestige: Polish your speech, attitude, and thoughts with class.
Peaceful: Endure the heavy rain and enjoy the gifts of time.
Purpose: Have one thing you can't let go of until the end.
· Premium: Let your tastes and hobbies shine through.
PART 2: The Best Period: What to Keep in Mind During the Premium Period
· Potential: It's never too late in life
· Pick: What I choose makes me who I am.
· Phenomenal: Beware of emotional wear and tear rather than physical aging.
· Positive: Don't waste time and energy worrying about useless things.
· Pleasure: Find joy in every moment, everywhere.
PART 3 What to do during the Premium Period
· Prize: Prepare a gift for yourself for living fiercely.
· Pass: What has passed must be left as it is to have meaning.
· Power: Develop the strength to move forward steadily and tirelessly throughout a long life.
· Peak: Be sure that now is your prime.
· Passion: Do something you love at least once in your life.
· Playful and fun: Have fun like a kid on summer vacation.
PART 4: About the Relationships Required in the Premium Period
· Private: Create your own private time and space.
· Precious: Sometimes think of the most precious thing in your life.
Polite: Be humble to others and kind to yourself.
· Provide: Share even if you only have enough in your heart.
· Partner: Interact and communicate with people and maintain good relationships.
In closing: A thousand suns still shine after fifty.
* Books recommended for the Premium Period of Life
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Peace is not a state of being free from worries and concerns.
After experiencing thunder, lightning, and heavy rain, I have learned that even if thunder strikes, it doesn't last all day, so I have a calm mind.
As I've experienced, done, and lived, I think I've acquired a way of dealing with situations that I can understand or infer from age.
Knowing that the rain will eventually stop, I can sit by the window and wait for a rainbow to appear.
---From "PART 1 〈Peaceful: Endure the Heavy Rain and Enjoy the Gift of Time〉"
As I get older, my choices aren't about getting better, they're about discarding what's unnecessary to me.
Especially, if I don't want to get tired of being swayed by others, I have to ask myself questions.
The question is not whether I can do it, but whether I want to do it.
And choosing to say no can be helpful to both of us.
I only realized it when I got older.
That if I refuse someone's request, nothing big will happen or my relationships will be ruined...
---From "PART 2 〈Pick: What I Choose Makes Me〉"
As we get older, what we need more is this kind of positivity and optimism.
It is not the hopeless optimism of youth, but the wisdom that comes only after experiencing bitterness and failure.
As we age, we lose things we absolutely do not want to lose, such as hair, teeth, eyesight, and hearing.
On the other hand, I also come to know the joy, delight, and power of my life that I don't even know where they were.
---From "PART 2 〈Positive: Don't waste time and energy on useless worries〉"
I saw a newspaper article a while ago that said that the people who buy large or luxury cars are middle-aged people in their 60s and 70s.
To those who ask, “How can you afford such an expensive car at your age?” they shrug and say, “At my age, I deserve to be given a precious gift, and I’m proud of myself for having that ability.”
After living for over 60 years, I've realized that the most unfair thing is not being deceived, betrayed, or falsely accused by others.
He acted like Santa Claus to his family and others, but to himself he acted like a stingy old Scrooge and despised them.
Now is the time to give yourself gifts of things, time, and various opportunities, such as bouquets of flowers, jewelry, luxury dresses, trips, and study abroad.
---From "PART 3 〈Prize: Prepare a gift for yourself who has lived fiercely〉"
Not being able to escape past fame and glory makes old age miserable.
And even if it takes time, isn't untying the knots I've woven myself a natural healing method that I can give myself?
The past and the knots must be allowed to flow with the river.
Only then can our old age flow peacefully.
Don't give up on today's happiness by being trapped in the shadows of the past...
---From "PART 3 〈Pass: What has passed must be left as it is to have meaning"
When I was younger, I used to envy my friends who were more successful than me, resent my indifferent husbands and selfish family members, and mutter to myself, “I’m so lucky.”
But I am grateful that there are so many benefactors and angels around me, like gifts given by time.
As I get older, I realize that most of the joys I enjoy are gifts from family, friends, and acquaintances.
Of course, they are the ones who hurt my feelings and cause me humiliation, but if I divide it by the ratio of my emotions, 90 percent is joy.
After experiencing thunder, lightning, and heavy rain, I have learned that even if thunder strikes, it doesn't last all day, so I have a calm mind.
As I've experienced, done, and lived, I think I've acquired a way of dealing with situations that I can understand or infer from age.
Knowing that the rain will eventually stop, I can sit by the window and wait for a rainbow to appear.
---From "PART 1 〈Peaceful: Endure the Heavy Rain and Enjoy the Gift of Time〉"
As I get older, my choices aren't about getting better, they're about discarding what's unnecessary to me.
Especially, if I don't want to get tired of being swayed by others, I have to ask myself questions.
The question is not whether I can do it, but whether I want to do it.
And choosing to say no can be helpful to both of us.
I only realized it when I got older.
That if I refuse someone's request, nothing big will happen or my relationships will be ruined...
---From "PART 2 〈Pick: What I Choose Makes Me〉"
As we get older, what we need more is this kind of positivity and optimism.
It is not the hopeless optimism of youth, but the wisdom that comes only after experiencing bitterness and failure.
As we age, we lose things we absolutely do not want to lose, such as hair, teeth, eyesight, and hearing.
On the other hand, I also come to know the joy, delight, and power of my life that I don't even know where they were.
---From "PART 2 〈Positive: Don't waste time and energy on useless worries〉"
I saw a newspaper article a while ago that said that the people who buy large or luxury cars are middle-aged people in their 60s and 70s.
To those who ask, “How can you afford such an expensive car at your age?” they shrug and say, “At my age, I deserve to be given a precious gift, and I’m proud of myself for having that ability.”
After living for over 60 years, I've realized that the most unfair thing is not being deceived, betrayed, or falsely accused by others.
He acted like Santa Claus to his family and others, but to himself he acted like a stingy old Scrooge and despised them.
Now is the time to give yourself gifts of things, time, and various opportunities, such as bouquets of flowers, jewelry, luxury dresses, trips, and study abroad.
---From "PART 3 〈Prize: Prepare a gift for yourself who has lived fiercely〉"
Not being able to escape past fame and glory makes old age miserable.
And even if it takes time, isn't untying the knots I've woven myself a natural healing method that I can give myself?
The past and the knots must be allowed to flow with the river.
Only then can our old age flow peacefully.
Don't give up on today's happiness by being trapped in the shadows of the past...
---From "PART 3 〈Pass: What has passed must be left as it is to have meaning"
When I was younger, I used to envy my friends who were more successful than me, resent my indifferent husbands and selfish family members, and mutter to myself, “I’m so lucky.”
But I am grateful that there are so many benefactors and angels around me, like gifts given by time.
As I get older, I realize that most of the joys I enjoy are gifts from family, friends, and acquaintances.
Of course, they are the ones who hurt my feelings and cause me humiliation, but if I divide it by the ratio of my emotions, 90 percent is joy.
---From "PART 4 〈Partner: Interact and communicate with people and maintain good relationships〉"
Publisher's Review
What's there after fifty?
In our youth, 'old age' seems like a distant place, like Mars or Jupiter, a world that has nothing to do with us.
But as time goes by and I approach 50, I suddenly become afraid of what my life will be like in the future.
Aging brings to mind negative words like disaster, backroom old man, and old fart, and I worry about whether I can adapt and survive in the ever-evolving digital world.
However, people who have lived long lives first say that life after 50 is a time to 'become fully yourself.'
It is a time to break free from the period of neglecting one's talents and inner voice due to the demands and expectations of parents or family, or due to social roles, and to turn one's life in a new direction, and to fill and color it with time for self-love.
As if to prove this, these days, middle-aged and older people are investing time and money in doing what they want to do: learning hobbies they've always wanted to do, taking on new challenges to earn certifications, going to concerts with their favorite singers, and volunteering for their neighbors.
Accordingly, as the middle-aged and older generation emerged as the main players in virtually all dynamic consumer spending and trend changes, dull, rusty silver began to be elevated to a shiny 'gold'.
Author Yoo In-kyung also advises us not to be afraid of entering that world, saying that growing old is not as sad or painful as we think, but rather, that it is wonderful and fun, and that we feel a sense of peace and fulfillment that we have never experienced before.
In particular, if you take the initiative in your life and live proactively, you can live the best time and the best part of your life regardless of your numerical age, and to those who are afraid of what kind of life awaits them in the latter half of their lives, it delivers a message of hope that “even after fifty, a thousand suns shine.”
You, who have been living each day steadily somewhere
He is not a stuffed legend, but the protagonist of today.
Author Yoo In-kyung has been working as a journalist since 1982, meeting countless elderly people and seniors directly and indirectly, and reading countless books and materials. Through this experience, she has come to understand the characteristics of those who live brightly and hopefully in the latter half of their lives, looking not at the lonely setting sun but at the powerful rising sun.
They don't dwell on their numerical age and don't try hard to look young or young.
They don't boast about their glorious past or their heroic deeds, and they don't waste time revealing their unhealed wounds or complaining about their fate.
On the stage of life, I try to feel fulfilled by showing my true face and voice in the role and section of the play I am currently playing.
I know that life doesn't always go according to plan, and that consistently following a single path doesn't guarantee reaching the top, but I fearlessly push forward to do what I want.
I live today by always doing my work diligently somewhere.
Author Yoo In-kyung observed their lives and realized that the prime of life and happiness can be enjoyed regardless of age, and named that period the Premium Period.
This book contains 21 categories of attitudes, mindsets, things to do, and relationships that will allow you to enjoy a premium period, along with rich examples and practical methods.
Not stopping there, he is trying to make the second half of his life the 'best period' by breaking stereotypes, changing small habits, words, and the way he views people and things little by little, and becoming a little more flexible.
The privilege and duty of the second half of life is
Taking on challenges you've never experienced before and walking in a new way
A long time ago, an American newspaper reported that a 90-year-old grandfather said, “After retiring at 60, I lived the rest of my life cautiously, like a man walking on thin ice, without any goals or purpose.
30 years later, I'm still alive and well.
He wrote a column saying, “If I could go back to that time, I would set goals for small joys and confidently walk toward them.”
If you live a life of careful adaptation to familiar routines just because you are getting older, then you are living a life of death.
The privilege and duty of the second half of life is to challenge yourself and walk in new ways, things you've never experienced before.
However, you don't have to run with the speed and strength of a 20-year-old.
All I have to do is find a way to enjoy the best golden years of my life for a long time with the wisdom and experience of a true adult.
Through this book, I encourage readers to show more love and care for themselves, discover new abilities, grow, and begin the most brilliant days of their lives, the "Premium Period."
In our youth, 'old age' seems like a distant place, like Mars or Jupiter, a world that has nothing to do with us.
But as time goes by and I approach 50, I suddenly become afraid of what my life will be like in the future.
Aging brings to mind negative words like disaster, backroom old man, and old fart, and I worry about whether I can adapt and survive in the ever-evolving digital world.
However, people who have lived long lives first say that life after 50 is a time to 'become fully yourself.'
It is a time to break free from the period of neglecting one's talents and inner voice due to the demands and expectations of parents or family, or due to social roles, and to turn one's life in a new direction, and to fill and color it with time for self-love.
As if to prove this, these days, middle-aged and older people are investing time and money in doing what they want to do: learning hobbies they've always wanted to do, taking on new challenges to earn certifications, going to concerts with their favorite singers, and volunteering for their neighbors.
Accordingly, as the middle-aged and older generation emerged as the main players in virtually all dynamic consumer spending and trend changes, dull, rusty silver began to be elevated to a shiny 'gold'.
Author Yoo In-kyung also advises us not to be afraid of entering that world, saying that growing old is not as sad or painful as we think, but rather, that it is wonderful and fun, and that we feel a sense of peace and fulfillment that we have never experienced before.
In particular, if you take the initiative in your life and live proactively, you can live the best time and the best part of your life regardless of your numerical age, and to those who are afraid of what kind of life awaits them in the latter half of their lives, it delivers a message of hope that “even after fifty, a thousand suns shine.”
You, who have been living each day steadily somewhere
He is not a stuffed legend, but the protagonist of today.
Author Yoo In-kyung has been working as a journalist since 1982, meeting countless elderly people and seniors directly and indirectly, and reading countless books and materials. Through this experience, she has come to understand the characteristics of those who live brightly and hopefully in the latter half of their lives, looking not at the lonely setting sun but at the powerful rising sun.
They don't dwell on their numerical age and don't try hard to look young or young.
They don't boast about their glorious past or their heroic deeds, and they don't waste time revealing their unhealed wounds or complaining about their fate.
On the stage of life, I try to feel fulfilled by showing my true face and voice in the role and section of the play I am currently playing.
I know that life doesn't always go according to plan, and that consistently following a single path doesn't guarantee reaching the top, but I fearlessly push forward to do what I want.
I live today by always doing my work diligently somewhere.
Author Yoo In-kyung observed their lives and realized that the prime of life and happiness can be enjoyed regardless of age, and named that period the Premium Period.
This book contains 21 categories of attitudes, mindsets, things to do, and relationships that will allow you to enjoy a premium period, along with rich examples and practical methods.
Not stopping there, he is trying to make the second half of his life the 'best period' by breaking stereotypes, changing small habits, words, and the way he views people and things little by little, and becoming a little more flexible.
The privilege and duty of the second half of life is
Taking on challenges you've never experienced before and walking in a new way
A long time ago, an American newspaper reported that a 90-year-old grandfather said, “After retiring at 60, I lived the rest of my life cautiously, like a man walking on thin ice, without any goals or purpose.
30 years later, I'm still alive and well.
He wrote a column saying, “If I could go back to that time, I would set goals for small joys and confidently walk toward them.”
If you live a life of careful adaptation to familiar routines just because you are getting older, then you are living a life of death.
The privilege and duty of the second half of life is to challenge yourself and walk in new ways, things you've never experienced before.
However, you don't have to run with the speed and strength of a 20-year-old.
All I have to do is find a way to enjoy the best golden years of my life for a long time with the wisdom and experience of a true adult.
Through this book, I encourage readers to show more love and care for themselves, discover new abilities, grow, and begin the most brilliant days of their lives, the "Premium Period."
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: May 12, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 256 pages | 396g | 145*210*16mm
- ISBN13: 9791193540077
- ISBN10: 1193540070
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