★ New work by former SBS announcer and freelance broadcaster Jang Ye-won ★
★ 100 Heart-Writing Essays Answering Life's Questions ★
★ Record-keeping habits that establish your values, relationships, and mindset ★

“The life of the recorder is never shaken.”
Transcriptions, affirmations, emotional diaries… and then there's "My Life."
A daily writing habit that changes your life with one line

Jang Ye-won, who has developed a flexible sense of language while working as a freelance broadcaster after being a terrestrial broadcaster, has published a book titled “Time to Write Myself,” which conveys the power of records.
The importance of records is more important than ever.
It is widely known that handwriting retains information longer than typing and helps improve comprehension.
A study of Harvard Business School students also found that those who wrote down their dreams and visions performed more than 10 times better than those who did not.
Although keeping records has a significant positive impact on our way of thinking and self-reflection, it is not easy to make keeping records a habit.
To help with this, the author divides the challenges we face in life into six themes: establishing a life attitude, interpersonal relationships, emotional recovery, and dreams and goals, and introduces a carefully selected set of 100 questions.
By writing down the answers to the questions directly, readers can experience the process of 'mind writing', organizing their thoughts and feelings and understanding themselves more deeply.


We often miss opportunities to think deeply about ourselves because we are so busy.
Tomorrow arrives without even a moment to reflect on what was the best moment of the day or what worries you these days.
Sometimes I ask myself questions, but they often just swirl around in my head and become blurred.
So, even if you try to organize it in a diary, it's common to give up after writing for a few days.
I know that writing down things is good for organizing my thoughts, but I worry about whether I can keep up, or I hesitate because I don't know what or how to write.
So, let's start recording with this book.
If you write down answers to the 100 questions the author poses, your vague thoughts will become clearer and you will be able to organize the direction of your life.
Anyone who has been unable to keep a diary, has felt lost because their thoughts have become unorganized, or wants to take action to become a better adult will experience the change that writing brings through this book.
Let's start experiencing how habits can change your life now.

Records have the power to make us relive the life that has passed.
Writing down happy moments allows you to feel the joy and happiness of that day, and even find pieces of growth in painful memories.
When I reread those difficult moments later, I gain courage as I face the present me who overcame them.
Just writing down the emotions you've been ignoring can be healing and give you the strength to move forward again.
Even feelings that cannot be expressed in words can be freed through writing.
--- p.7, from “Records, Turning Life’s Question Marks into Exclamation Marks”

The most important thing in life is not 'what you accomplished' but 'how you lived that time'.
If you give it your all at every moment, that's enough.
Just by being alive, by surviving, you deserve to be respected.
--- p.26, from “Every moment we live is meaningful”

Everyone wants to have healthy relationships.
I get hints of this relationship from laughter.
The fact that you can laugh out loud at a joke that's not even funny is proof that you're comfortable.
Even if you have worries, you can put them aside for a moment because there is someone by your side who gives you positive energy.
People change depending on the people they are with.
So, you should stay with people who lighten your heart and add warmth to your life.
--- p.72, from “Being by the side of someone who makes you smile”

Strangely enough, misfortune followed good things.
As if he was jealous, he didn't even give me time to rejoice.
So I made a promise.
To not be carried away by happiness, nor swayed by unhappiness.
The more I tried to hold on to happiness, hoping it would last, the more anxiety I felt, and the more I gave too much meaning to each passing misfortune, the more it stayed with me.
Whether it's good or bad, it's just a passing moment.
So I decided not to react too loudly.
Do not take happiness lightly, but do not place too much weight on unhappiness either.
--- p.138, from “Don’t be excited about being happy”

When I ate alone, I would just fill my plate without putting any side dishes in it to reduce the amount of dishes I had to wash.
At some point, I started to treasure everything I ate, saw, and felt, and indifference became a habit.
You shouldn't do that.
I must approach my day with more care, as if I were treating a special guest.
Even if I'm just drinking a cup of coffee, I have to choose the prettiest cup and neatly arrange the side dishes to serve the table.
Not sparing good things, but giving them to me first.
Only when you know how to respect yourself can you love others.
--- p.168, from “Adults Do Not Neglect Themselves”

I am wary of the advice to live diligently unconditionally.
It seems like we easily talk about 'hard work' when not everyone achieves their goals.
There are many people in this world who live well without having to live according to the mold set by others or without being pushed too hard.
My parents living healthy lives, finding a lifelong partner who cherishes me, forming deep relationships with true friends, and learning to appreciate even the little things.
A heart that knows how to be happy with things that do not change with the passage of time.
That is the success I want to achieve.
--- p.252, from “The Irresponsibility of Telling People to Work Hard”

I believe that the more you devote yourself to something, the more results you will receive.
This is what I felt when I got a reward beyond my expectations for the work I prepared for like crazy, staying up all night and even postponing plans with friends.
Conversely, if you hope for luck without putting in any effort, you will get the same results.
Results are always honest in the face of effort.
Life will also change depending on how much you immerse yourself in it and how much you give your all.
If I had been sincere to myself, my life would not have been in vain.
Because hard work will never betray you.

--- p.272, from “Honesty Survives in the End”