“Even if we take the long way around, we’ll get there in the end.” It’s okay to drift and hesitate—everyone moves through their own season.
This is the first essay collection by Kim Ah-young, a former MBC news reporter and recipient of the Korea Broadcasting Journalist Award. Her life has been a series of turning points. Driven by the world’s expectations to always aim higher, she initially became a flight attendant. But despite everyone's opposition, she quit the job. Then she pursued her long-held dream of becoming a journalist and gave her all once again. Life Pattern Korea. By her eighth year as a reporter, she came to a realization—she had been running so hard that she was constantly discarding parts of herself: the novels she once loved, her favorite ice cream, her dramas, and the time she used to spend slowly walking and unwinding each day. Even as she gave these things up, each day felt more joyless than the last. Life Pattern Korea. One day, she ran away—to escape, to breathe. In that space, she finally understood what she truly wanted and where happiness really comes from. So she began walking, step by step, to reclaim her joy. This book follows that journey. Life Pattern Korea. To those who are running just to keep going, to those so tired they feel like collapsing—this book is a map to happiness.
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Author: 김아영 Publisher: 북플레저 Book Pleasure (2025)
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