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This article is recommended for those who want to reflect on their lives and share sincere stories, those interested in articles exploring life’s turning points and their meanings, and those who want to build empathy through honest self-reflection.
Overall Review
This article is an essay that frankly shares the blog owner’s recent updates and various moments in life. From childhood difficulties to first love, adolescent wandering, and the challenges and frustrations of pursuing dreams, it sincerely captures the joys and sorrows of life, offering readers deep empathy and opportunities for reflection. The author’s determination to move forward despite the difficulties encountered in the pursuit of dreams is particularly impressive.
Helpful Tips
- This will help you understand the social difficulties experienced as a “fast-born” (born early in the year) and the complex emotions that resulted.
- You can reflect on how the experiences at important turning points in life have shaped your present self.
- You can gain an opportunity to look back at yourself through the psychological conflicts experienced when pursuing dreams and encountering realistic obstacles.
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The author expresses surprise at the unexpected number of blog visitors, looking at the visitor graph. They wonder about the reasons for the steady visits to a blog they started without any particular expectations, discussing traffic from Google searches and Facebook. It’s interesting that there are still visits even though it’s been two months since they last posted a diet diary.
The author, who started writing to reflect on and record their life, reveals they were born in 1995 and are 28 years old in Korean age. They frankly share the social confusion and resulting guilt experienced as a “fast-born” (born early in the year), as well as frequent moves due to family circumstances in childhood and the bullying they experienced as a result. The experience of elementary school, particularly the relationships with friends and the sadness of moving in 5th grade, vividly conveys the emotions of that time.
The story of losing 20kg to meet their first love in middle school, and the subsequent breakup due to the relationship not meeting expectations, leading to depression, will resonate with many. The experience of making more friends in high school due to outward changes and even completing a modeling academy, along with the confession about their mentally immature childhood from ages 17 to 20, shows honest self-reflection.
The process of starting to study again for the dream of becoming a pilot, entering the aviation department, but having to give up the dream due to realistic difficulties and the job market slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, evokes a sense of regret. The author’s discovery of settling for the present while working part-time jobs and helping with their father’s company, and the feelings of patheticness and bitterness that followed, represent the struggles many young people might face. The confession of having had extreme thoughts after hearing the unfortunate news about actor Lee Sun-kyun hints at the psychological difficulties the author is experiencing.
