I closed my eyes with 15 minutes on the timer. My daughter came in, then I heard my son’s slippers. At around eight minutes, I noticed something I hadn’t been looking for.
"It was too hot
for a Par 3 course.
How about checking out
a café
owned by
a reporter I know?"
My husband suggested.
Before we left,
I searched
for a restaurant nearby.
If we were going
all the way
to Goryeong,
I wanted
the whole trip
to feel worthwhile.
It looked
like
it could be
a nice...
"Isn't it hot?
Want to drive to the beach?"
my daughter asked with a smile.
I paused.
I had spentmore than six hourson the highway yesterday.
I had also stayed upfinishing a blog post.
Driving anotherthree hours today
didn't soundvery appealing.
But nothing elsewas calling me either.
I...
At first,doing nothingfelt unfamiliar.
Not sleeping.
Not scrolling.
Not resting “properly.”
Just lying down.
For fifteen minutes.
That was all.
No productivity.
No meditation.
No goal.
Just setting a timerand letting my bodydrop into stillness.
And honestly,
at first,it felt awkward.
“Why Are You Timing It?”
One day,
my daughter saw mesetting a timerbefore...
A few months ago,
I noticeda young mansitting beside meon the train.
He was typing intenselyon his laptop.
Fast.
Focused.
Serious.
I quietly thought,
He must be working hardduring the short timebetween places.
But then,
I accidentally caughta glimpse of the screen.
He wasn’t working.
He seemed to be chatting...
Lunch had been satisfying.
I made spicy beef and vegetable soupand cooked multigrain ricein advance for my husband to eat later that evening.
While boiling eggs for him in the morning,I added two more.
I roughly mashed the eggs,sprinkled a little salt...
Yesterday, I drove for nine hourswithout feeling tired.
The next day,I wasn’t planning to drive again.
But I got a call from the bank.
It was right before a long holiday.
Train tickets were already sold out.
So I drove.
This time, alone.
I played upbeat...
I thought it would be exhausting.
Nine hours of driving—highway, traffic, Seoul streets.
But something unexpected happened.
I didn’t push through the day.
I just kept… shifting.
And somehow—
I didn’t feel tired.
Leaving
That morning,I was already moving.
Packing a simple lunch.Making cinnamon toast for my son.
The...
I didn’t plan to reset. I was just driving.
On the highway,on my way back.
A little tired.
My body felt… slightly off.
A yawn slipped out.
I stopped once beforeat a rest area.
Walked to the restroom.Stretched my body.
Then back on the road.
It...
A Morning Without Planning
I stepped out of my roomand saw my daughter eating yogurt.
I poured myself a glass of lukewarm waterand put eggs on to boil for my husband.
I didn’t ask her firstif she wanted to go to a...
