Learning from Rest

Last year, I made a choice to expand the knowledge I already had. I thought it was the most stable direction I could take. I expected difficulties, but a completely different kind of hardship was waiting for me. It felt like being moved from the world I had always lived in into an entirely different one. As a completely new self emerged, my inner world was shaken, broken apart, and at times consumed.

After finishing that chaotic period,

I tried not to forget the memories, emotions, and everything I had experienced then. Carrying all of it with me, I attempted to look back at my old self again, rethinking my tangled values and everything I once believed in.

When my world expanded and I came to know more, I assumed it would be filled only with positive things.
Instead, I became so concerned with everything that I could no longer do anything at all. The joy I once had disappeared, replaced entirely by worry.

I needed rest.
No—more accurately, I had to rest. There was no other choice.

I calmed my mind and simply let life flow as it would.
I did not try to rest. I did nothing.
Sometimes I even made excuses just to allow myself to rest.

Everyone says rest is important.
I think I had quietly ignored those words.

For the first time, I truly rested.

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Things became clear. What the problem was, what I wanted—what I had wanted all along.

Without forcing myself to figure it out, without staying up all night tearing through endless thoughts, every question resolved itself naturally.

Gentle, yet unwavering beliefs.

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Light thoughts (and heavy knowledge)

Belief and intuition

Everything is right

Firmly, at my own pace

Filtering what I see and keeping only what matters

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Leaning into my strengths
A generalist.

Not defining myself by only one thing

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Realizing that I am someone who must create my own work

Listening carefully to communication, collaboration, and the opinions of others—while making my own judgments with clarity

(Migrated from d-exhale)

This text was machine translated.

Original language: Korean.