I want to become someone with assets of more than 6 billion won.
I don't know when it'll happen, but I believe the work and studying I'm doing now lead down that road.
I figured that would make me a freer, happier person.
But I learned that this way of thinking could actually be what makes me depressed.
I read three books this month.
Yeokhaengja (The Reverse Runner, expanded edition; a Korean book) by Jacheong collects the secrets and testimonies of people who've accumulated more than 10 billion won in assets.
In The Burnout Society, Byung-Chul Han points out that depression stems not from the fatigue of "being blocked from doing something" but from "being able to do it and not doing it."
That's an interesting thing.
We're getting more and more depressed because we live in a world where anyone can make 10 billion won.
I mulled over this problem and found the answer in the last book I read, Kiyohiko Azuma's Yotsuba&!.
This series, which I've been enjoying for 15 years, has no grand message; it simply shows a dad living a fun, innocent life with his kid.
I resolved to keep working hard toward that 6 billion won, but at the same time I want to live without losing my innocence and without wearing myself out.
Because the truth is, I'm already living a fairly free and comfortable life.
I hope the people around me can too.
