Where Life Meets Art

What if My Effort is a Cutting-Edge App, but My Mind is Still “Windows 95”? 1. A Chance Encounter with a Book This story doesn’t begin with some grand realization. In fact, I still find myself asking the same question over and over: Why is it that despite all my efforts, my life doesn’t seem to change much? There are times when I feel like I’m living diligently, yet always stuck in the negatives— a kind of exhaustion, like running endlessly on a hamster wheel. Perhaps I’ve been looking for the cause in the wrong place. A while ago, while browsing a thrift store, a book caught my eye. It was The Secret . It was a book that once spread like a cultural phenomenon, but somehow I had never gotten around to reading it. I bought it without much expectation and slowly began turning the pages. Yet instead of the book’s content itself, one question lingered in my mind: If my life were a business enterprise, have I been running it in an outdated, overly narrow way? 2. I’m Putti...

Alone Feels Lonely, Together Feels Exhausting A personal reflection on loving people while needing solitude — with an INFJ lens on emotional exhaustion and healthier ways to balance connection and space. I Am a Person Who Loves People Lately, MBTI has become a popular way to talk about personality, especially in Korea. At first, I watched the trend from a distance. Reducing people to four letters felt too simple. But one day, I wondered: What if this language could explain the quiet contradiction I live with every day? I have friends. I love my husband. I care deeply about my family and value my church community. I am not someone who avoids relationships. And yet, after spending just an hour with friends, I often feel mentally drained — not physically tired, but emotionally and cognitively exhausted. Even after a pleasant conversation, I return home need...