I watched a YouTube video called “희열의 순간”. It was a video with Ryu Si-min, and there were some interesting things in it. The part that stuck with me the most was “I shouldn’t care about what labels others put on me, but what meaning I give to my life is what matters.” It’s so obvious, but it’s something we often forget. It’s easy to compare ourselves to others, to line up our salaries, and to stick our necks out as if our company’s name value is our value. This silly attitude is even contagious.
That’s why I think time for reflection is important. If I don’t live as I think, I think as I live, and if I don’t think deeply enough, I’m measuring myself by the foolish standards of others’ values. I reflects that I hasn’t spent enough time doing that, and I reflects again that I’ve neglected to read good books to help me.
Subconsciously, I thought that I had already become something and that it was difficult to acquire a new way of life. But when I think about it, I can start living a new life at any time, even at the moment of writing this article. The only thing standing in my way is the inertia of the life I lived until yesterday.