Wandering is beautiful
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Book Introduction
Even wandering has its time? The wandering of our twenties is a once-in-a-lifetime privilege!
The wandering chosen by an ordinary youth living in the same era.
Those 319 days.
Life in your 20s is tough.
They say it's the prime of youth, but in reality it's not like that.
That's because finding a way to make a living is the most urgent task.
Graduating from college and starting life in your twenties feels like entering a long tunnel that only ends when the first digit of your age changes.
Even, the reality is that it is more reassuring to be inside that tunnel.
This book is the story of a young man who came out of the tunnel and communicated with the world.
The author, who passed the bar exam at the age of 24, postponed his admission to the training center by two years and prepared to travel the world.
I worked part-time for a year, studied languages, and read books in preparation for a year-long trip around the world.
And then I got on the plane.
Starting with South Africa, through Africa, the Middle East and South America.
I returned after wandering around the world for 319 days.
What did that choice, which gave her a smooth path to success, bring to her life?
The world and people she met on the road.
And the real me that I was most happy to meet.
This book will awaken you, who are still wandering in a tunnel, not knowing where to go right now, to the beautiful wandering that only true youth can experience.
The wandering chosen by an ordinary youth living in the same era.
Those 319 days.
Life in your 20s is tough.
They say it's the prime of youth, but in reality it's not like that.
That's because finding a way to make a living is the most urgent task.
Graduating from college and starting life in your twenties feels like entering a long tunnel that only ends when the first digit of your age changes.
Even, the reality is that it is more reassuring to be inside that tunnel.
This book is the story of a young man who came out of the tunnel and communicated with the world.
The author, who passed the bar exam at the age of 24, postponed his admission to the training center by two years and prepared to travel the world.
I worked part-time for a year, studied languages, and read books in preparation for a year-long trip around the world.
And then I got on the plane.
Starting with South Africa, through Africa, the Middle East and South America.
I returned after wandering around the world for 319 days.
What did that choice, which gave her a smooth path to success, bring to her life?
The world and people she met on the road.
And the real me that I was most happy to meet.
This book will awaken you, who are still wandering in a tunnel, not knowing where to go right now, to the beautiful wandering that only true youth can experience.
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Preview
index
prolog
Part 1
Become a king in the kingdom called 'Myself'
It was not the book that had to be constantly unfolded and ultimately conquered, but 'me'.
I almost passed it by without knowing
Meet thousands of happinesses
Wear old sneakers instead of dress shoes
There is only one chance
What I envy most is your 'daily life'
Overcome monstrous anxiety
Studying is fun!
A 1.5 pyeong attic, there's romance there too
Because of the cream colored coat
'Me' rescued from the bottom
My name is there!
Social Life vs. World Travel
People are more diverse than cocktails
Etiquette for leaving with proper knowledge
Part 2
Live a life filled with a heart filled with vision.
I encountered thousands of happinesses that I almost missed.
People I met above the clouds
A photo of me laughing alone
hot ice cream
Bargaining with a smile
Girls playing in the water while wearing clothes
Passport to Ethiopia for $5
Oh! Allah
I don't want to take pictures with you, white guy
Tears of happiness tasted at the border
Kenyan girl scam
Standing in the land of freedom where you can dream different dreams
Some of it all?
A piece of bread won't change anything
Meet Kelly
A cup of awesome maggot coffee
Hamar people's coming-of-age ceremony
Kelly's Dream
You were alive and breathing in the postcard
Gain the freedom to create a new you
Part 3
Don't make your life a novel without a reader.
Where there are no people, that place is hell.
The real Egypt is outside the pyramids.
It starts with people and ends with people.
The charm of poetry
My face that contains diversity
Welcome to Syria!
roof top people
That's my destiny
Is a fragrant tree beautiful without fruit?
Friendly Tunisian people
Korean people are really smart
Cultural differences felt through the body
Korea is a third world country?
Yassin met in Tunisia
Repeated tragedy
Go to Yasin's house
An honest day in Hammamet
Moroccan leather dyers
I shouted alone, "Dae! Han! Min! Guk!"
What are we living for?
Part 4
Anything that happens to me can change my life.
Meeting a new world is a matter of the heart
The moment when your tense shoulders become soft
Stand in the middle of a festival
Don't go back
The fun is 200% when you do it together
A holiday on a holiday!-1
A mirror you must keep in your life backpack: a mirror that reflects your own perspective.
Tsk tsk, Americans...
Arrogant Americans? Not all of them are like that.
frog out of the well
A holiday on a holiday!-2
7 hours from Lima Airport
Why should I, a woman, ride in the trunk?
Total climb time: 6 hours and 40 minutes, 69 lakes
Things you see when you take a step back
Maintaining something is much harder than creating it.
Damian is uncomfortable
Lake Titicaca, the commercialized Uros Islands
Uri Geller incident
It's because of my fear of English
A warm serving from the other side of the world
Why on earth do those people travel?
After the trip
Epilogue
Part 1
Become a king in the kingdom called 'Myself'
It was not the book that had to be constantly unfolded and ultimately conquered, but 'me'.
I almost passed it by without knowing
Meet thousands of happinesses
Wear old sneakers instead of dress shoes
There is only one chance
What I envy most is your 'daily life'
Overcome monstrous anxiety
Studying is fun!
A 1.5 pyeong attic, there's romance there too
Because of the cream colored coat
'Me' rescued from the bottom
My name is there!
Social Life vs. World Travel
People are more diverse than cocktails
Etiquette for leaving with proper knowledge
Part 2
Live a life filled with a heart filled with vision.
I encountered thousands of happinesses that I almost missed.
People I met above the clouds
A photo of me laughing alone
hot ice cream
Bargaining with a smile
Girls playing in the water while wearing clothes
Passport to Ethiopia for $5
Oh! Allah
I don't want to take pictures with you, white guy
Tears of happiness tasted at the border
Kenyan girl scam
Standing in the land of freedom where you can dream different dreams
Some of it all?
A piece of bread won't change anything
Meet Kelly
A cup of awesome maggot coffee
Hamar people's coming-of-age ceremony
Kelly's Dream
You were alive and breathing in the postcard
Gain the freedom to create a new you
Part 3
Don't make your life a novel without a reader.
Where there are no people, that place is hell.
The real Egypt is outside the pyramids.
It starts with people and ends with people.
The charm of poetry
My face that contains diversity
Welcome to Syria!
roof top people
That's my destiny
Is a fragrant tree beautiful without fruit?
Friendly Tunisian people
Korean people are really smart
Cultural differences felt through the body
Korea is a third world country?
Yassin met in Tunisia
Repeated tragedy
Go to Yasin's house
An honest day in Hammamet
Moroccan leather dyers
I shouted alone, "Dae! Han! Min! Guk!"
What are we living for?
Part 4
Anything that happens to me can change my life.
Meeting a new world is a matter of the heart
The moment when your tense shoulders become soft
Stand in the middle of a festival
Don't go back
The fun is 200% when you do it together
A holiday on a holiday!-1
A mirror you must keep in your life backpack: a mirror that reflects your own perspective.
Tsk tsk, Americans...
Arrogant Americans? Not all of them are like that.
frog out of the well
A holiday on a holiday!-2
7 hours from Lima Airport
Why should I, a woman, ride in the trunk?
Total climb time: 6 hours and 40 minutes, 69 lakes
Things you see when you take a step back
Maintaining something is much harder than creating it.
Damian is uncomfortable
Lake Titicaca, the commercialized Uros Islands
Uri Geller incident
It's because of my fear of English
A warm serving from the other side of the world
Why on earth do those people travel?
After the trip
Epilogue
Into the book
It was the same when I was studying for the civil service exam and also when I was preparing for a trip.
It was the same when I started traveling.
For some reason, I kept feeling anxious again, my heart wavering, and moments where I didn't know where to go.
The moment anxiety touched my heart, everything felt uncontrollable, like dominoes falling.
A catastrophe where everything next to you falls over if you try to stop it.
My wanderings were like that.
But now I know.
Dominoes that have started to fall should just be left to fall.
We need to step back a little and see how far it falls.
And to face the end of the collapse and take immediate action, to try to communicate with the world and try to see myself.
These are what you need.
It was the same when I started traveling.
For some reason, I kept feeling anxious again, my heart wavering, and moments where I didn't know where to go.
The moment anxiety touched my heart, everything felt uncontrollable, like dominoes falling.
A catastrophe where everything next to you falls over if you try to stop it.
My wanderings were like that.
But now I know.
Dominoes that have started to fall should just be left to fall.
We need to step back a little and see how far it falls.
And to face the end of the collapse and take immediate action, to try to communicate with the world and try to see myself.
These are what you need.
--- From the prologue
'Let's pretend there's no one in front of me.
Let go of the idea that you have to beat someone else.
It is I who must overcome.
I've done my best so far.
If I fail this time after working so hard, it's something I can't do anything about.
I can pass because I worked hard enough that I have no regrets.
Yeah, if I don't pass, who will? Isn't the exam supposed to be 90% effort and 10% luck? I'll work hard enough to make sure that 90% of that effort counts.
And the remaining 10% is not my concern.
Let's think about it only after taking the test.'
Thinking this way, I picked up my pencil again and opened the book.
'Let's pretend there's no one in front of me.
Let go of the idea that you have to beat someone else.
It is I who must overcome.
I've done my best so far.
If I fail this time after working so hard, it's something I can't do anything about.
I can pass because I worked hard enough that I have no regrets.
Yeah, if I don't pass, who will? Isn't the exam supposed to be 90% effort and 10% luck? I'll work hard enough to make sure that 90% of that effort counts.
And the remaining 10% is not my concern.
Let's think about it only after taking the test.'
Thinking this way, I picked up my pencil again and opened the book.
Let go of the idea that you have to beat someone else.
It is I who must overcome.
I've done my best so far.
If I fail this time after working so hard, it's something I can't do anything about.
I can pass because I worked hard enough that I have no regrets.
Yeah, if I don't pass, who will? Isn't the exam supposed to be 90% effort and 10% luck? I'll work hard enough to make sure that 90% of that effort counts.
And the remaining 10% is not my concern.
Let's think about it only after taking the test.'
Thinking this way, I picked up my pencil again and opened the book.
'Let's pretend there's no one in front of me.
Let go of the idea that you have to beat someone else.
It is I who must overcome.
I've done my best so far.
If I fail this time after working so hard, it's something I can't do anything about.
I can pass because I worked hard enough that I have no regrets.
Yeah, if I don't pass, who will? Isn't the exam supposed to be 90% effort and 10% luck? I'll work hard enough to make sure that 90% of that effort counts.
And the remaining 10% is not my concern.
Let's think about it only after taking the test.'
Thinking this way, I picked up my pencil again and opened the book.
--- p.29
No matter where you go in the world, young people in their 20s seem to have the same worries about 'what to do for a living'.
My friends of the same age on the other side of the world were also having the same concerns as me.
(…) The eyes of the young people who were dreaming truly shone.
Because we have more days left to live than we have already lived, and we have not yet become 'anything', and we can become 'anything'.
Spending time with diverse young people with diverse dreams, transcending borders and races, was the power that filled Yeohae’s joy by 200%.
No matter where you go in the world, young people in their 20s seem to have the same worries about 'what to do for a living'.
My friends of the same age on the other side of the world were also having the same concerns as me.
(…) The eyes of the young people who were dreaming truly shone.
Because we have more days left to live than we have already lived, and we have not yet become 'anything', and we can become 'anything'.
Spending time with diverse young people with diverse dreams, transcending borders and races, was the power that filled Yeohae’s joy by 200%.
My friends of the same age on the other side of the world were also having the same concerns as me.
(…) The eyes of the young people who were dreaming truly shone.
Because we have more days left to live than we have already lived, and we have not yet become 'anything', and we can become 'anything'.
Spending time with diverse young people with diverse dreams, transcending borders and races, was the power that filled Yeohae’s joy by 200%.
No matter where you go in the world, young people in their 20s seem to have the same worries about 'what to do for a living'.
My friends of the same age on the other side of the world were also having the same concerns as me.
(…) The eyes of the young people who were dreaming truly shone.
Because we have more days left to live than we have already lived, and we have not yet become 'anything', and we can become 'anything'.
Spending time with diverse young people with diverse dreams, transcending borders and races, was the power that filled Yeohae’s joy by 200%.
--- p.256
Publisher's Review
My youth, with a long road ahead of me.
Where should I go?
Where should I go?
I feel anxious like a candle in the wind.
I'm busy trying to keep up with the person in front, but I also have to keep turning my head to see how far the people behind me have caught up.
I was running so fast that I was out of breath, and when I came to my senses, I had no idea where I was going.
I live each day without communication or reflection.
Who? It's South Korea's 20-somethings.
I've long since forgotten what those specs even mean.
You have to do what others are doing first before you can even submit your resume.
The heart of youth burns black with the feeling of wandering 'without a destination', not knowing where I have come, where I am going, or what I am going for.
But is it really so lost? Is simply following the lead of others, because they're doing it, truly befitting the duty of a "youth" whose pronunciation is even murky? Is the reason we feel anxious and lost truly rooted in the unfair, spec-driven culture of South Korea?
Wander.
Because it's okay.
Because it's obvious.
That way, your 20s can be beautiful!
Let's look ahead.
Just take one step at a time, 100 meters at a time, in the direction you want to go, as much as you can see.
Of course, if you keep going like this, you will get lost because you won't be able to see the long road ahead.
But only those who have wandered will be able to open the way and run along it.
At this time, the speed of the car is not important.
Professor Choi Jae-cheon, a distinguished professor at Ewha Womans University, says, “In life, direction is more important than speed.”
No matter what the speed, when you look at it as a whole life, no one is ever left behind.
Also, at this time, he advises us to "wander beautifully" while wandering, which is the process of wandering to find direction.
Isn't the real twenties more interesting, even if blurred, than dull and clear? Shouldn't our natural task be not to get on track, but to discover our "true selves" in our one and only twenties, in the fullness of youth?
And so the young man set out on the road, and met a happiness that brought him to tears.
Woo Eun-jung, the author of “Wandering is Beautiful,” is also just one of the ordinary young people in South Korea struggling to make ends meet.
Some might say, 'She got into a prestigious university's law school, passed the bar exam on the first try, and is a 'daughter of a rich family' who is always on the rise. What makes her so ordinary?'
However, as she entered her twenties and became a college student with the 'freedom of choice' and the 'responsibility' that comes with it, she continued to wander.
I started by asking myself if I really wanted to become a lawyer and if this course of study was right for me, and while studying for the bar exam, I kept pushing myself down to the bottom.
Even after passing the exam, I was still hesitant.
Among the successful candidates who had already begun their training, she couldn't easily open her book.
I didn't know if I, who had lived a life of constantly running along the same lines, could truly become a lawyer.
I began to wonder if living a life where I put on a good front to others, faithfully paying off my credit card bill every month and thinking that was happiness was really the life I wanted.
And she chose real wandering, not wandering with her head or heart.
A world map that was always stuck on the first page of my notebook, in front of my desk, when I was studying for the civil service exam.
The moment she saw the map instead of the training center entrance lined up, her heart raced.
The decision to leave was quick and firm.
And she took a step out of the world she thought was 'everything'.
This young man's journey is itself a wandering.
Because I went on a world tour that I didn't have to do? No.
On that road, I was in so much pain and suffering that I almost died, but I was so grateful for a single drop of water that I cried tears of joy.
Even as I curse at the scams targeting foreigners and the absurd security, I feel overwhelmed by the feeling of being truly alive in front of nature.
Her journey of wandering, thinking, and facing herself tells us that an unimaginably valuable time is given to a courageous young person who chooses true 'wandering'.
* A portion of the royalties will be donated to the ‘Romance Fund’.
The 'Romance Fund' is a public interest fund created by the 42nd class of trainees who graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute in February 2013 to support their colleagues who will engage in public interest legal activities after completing the training.
I'm busy trying to keep up with the person in front, but I also have to keep turning my head to see how far the people behind me have caught up.
I was running so fast that I was out of breath, and when I came to my senses, I had no idea where I was going.
I live each day without communication or reflection.
Who? It's South Korea's 20-somethings.
I've long since forgotten what those specs even mean.
You have to do what others are doing first before you can even submit your resume.
The heart of youth burns black with the feeling of wandering 'without a destination', not knowing where I have come, where I am going, or what I am going for.
But is it really so lost? Is simply following the lead of others, because they're doing it, truly befitting the duty of a "youth" whose pronunciation is even murky? Is the reason we feel anxious and lost truly rooted in the unfair, spec-driven culture of South Korea?
Wander.
Because it's okay.
Because it's obvious.
That way, your 20s can be beautiful!
Let's look ahead.
Just take one step at a time, 100 meters at a time, in the direction you want to go, as much as you can see.
Of course, if you keep going like this, you will get lost because you won't be able to see the long road ahead.
But only those who have wandered will be able to open the way and run along it.
At this time, the speed of the car is not important.
Professor Choi Jae-cheon, a distinguished professor at Ewha Womans University, says, “In life, direction is more important than speed.”
No matter what the speed, when you look at it as a whole life, no one is ever left behind.
Also, at this time, he advises us to "wander beautifully" while wandering, which is the process of wandering to find direction.
Isn't the real twenties more interesting, even if blurred, than dull and clear? Shouldn't our natural task be not to get on track, but to discover our "true selves" in our one and only twenties, in the fullness of youth?
And so the young man set out on the road, and met a happiness that brought him to tears.
Woo Eun-jung, the author of “Wandering is Beautiful,” is also just one of the ordinary young people in South Korea struggling to make ends meet.
Some might say, 'She got into a prestigious university's law school, passed the bar exam on the first try, and is a 'daughter of a rich family' who is always on the rise. What makes her so ordinary?'
However, as she entered her twenties and became a college student with the 'freedom of choice' and the 'responsibility' that comes with it, she continued to wander.
I started by asking myself if I really wanted to become a lawyer and if this course of study was right for me, and while studying for the bar exam, I kept pushing myself down to the bottom.
Even after passing the exam, I was still hesitant.
Among the successful candidates who had already begun their training, she couldn't easily open her book.
I didn't know if I, who had lived a life of constantly running along the same lines, could truly become a lawyer.
I began to wonder if living a life where I put on a good front to others, faithfully paying off my credit card bill every month and thinking that was happiness was really the life I wanted.
And she chose real wandering, not wandering with her head or heart.
A world map that was always stuck on the first page of my notebook, in front of my desk, when I was studying for the civil service exam.
The moment she saw the map instead of the training center entrance lined up, her heart raced.
The decision to leave was quick and firm.
And she took a step out of the world she thought was 'everything'.
This young man's journey is itself a wandering.
Because I went on a world tour that I didn't have to do? No.
On that road, I was in so much pain and suffering that I almost died, but I was so grateful for a single drop of water that I cried tears of joy.
Even as I curse at the scams targeting foreigners and the absurd security, I feel overwhelmed by the feeling of being truly alive in front of nature.
Her journey of wandering, thinking, and facing herself tells us that an unimaginably valuable time is given to a courageous young person who chooses true 'wandering'.
* A portion of the royalties will be donated to the ‘Romance Fund’.
The 'Romance Fund' is a public interest fund created by the 42nd class of trainees who graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute in February 2013 to support their colleagues who will engage in public interest legal activities after completing the training.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: June 15, 2012
- Page count, weight, size: 352 pages | 492g | 153*224*30mm
- ISBN13: 9788955966435
- ISBN10: 8955966431
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