Opening a Practice, Marriage, Parenting, Lectures, and Patient Care

I first met my wife through a blind date.

Among the things she said during our dates, what left the biggest impression on me was:

> “I think happiness is found in evenings spent with the people you love, > conversations with family in everyday life, > and the little things in life.”

I, too, think that more than half of my life has been in a happy state. The ordinary emotions that remain after anxiety and unhappiness pass are basically what I consider to be a happy state.

I may feel anxious about an unknown future, or briefly feel unhappy because I’m exhausted by difficult situations,

but after those fleeting moments pass, most days of ordinary life are surely a happy state.

Or, on the contrary, there may be moments when happiness shines more brightly and feels even more fulfilling.

Holding a child on my back and enjoying the sunlight filtering through the leaves in everyday life is surely happiness.

When I’m holding a child who cries all night long, asking to be picked up and refusing to stop, there are surely many hard moments, but at the same time it is a happy moment I would not experience if I didn’t have a child.

Being able to share my experience and knowledge in front of passionate people

Thinking about what to talk about with those directors, organizing my thoughts, and preparing a clearer toolset

Getting help from a mentor director, learning techniques that are not commonly used in Korea, and applying them in actual patient care is truly exciting and rewarding for me.

Walking along a well-maintained path

Reviewing patient care

Looking forward to a seminar I’ve registered for

Dreaming of the growth of my own clinic by looking at the hospital I visited for the first time to give a lecture

That’s the end of this diary of everyday life, just like that.