Self journal — Something went wrong, I need to stay sharp.

I’m Korean native. I grew up under the notoriously old-school(large classroom, a bunch of students sitting there while just listening to what the teacher says), highly competitive and lacking diversity.

I didn’t understand why I should follow the path of the Koreans around me, chanting ‘do X, follow Y’. But I had to, to simply survive in the society.

After, I flew over to the UK. I searched for a job. But my CV was literally the worst case ever — No clarity, pushing the hiring managers to ‘guess’ what I could bring to the table(which is pretty common case in Korean CV/cover letters, due to linguistic difference).

When younger, I misunderstood that there are a few structural pathways to achieve goals — whether it’s a dream job, or language learning. However my life in the UK changed me entirely. It helped me crack out from the nutshell and see the real world with broader perspective. Life there helped me to become more creative and clear, which is far more convincing and articulate.

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After the big leap, I’m going after something extremely hard to get, which is going back to Europe.

I have a few challenges to crack on — Career shift, job hunt, and migration and my motto now is ‘do whatever I can do to achieve my dreams’.

As part of the initiative, I’m thinking of logging my learning journey to my Medium, where nobody visits anymore 😂

I’d like to log my learning about data analysis and climate, which are both very important in my future life and career path.

One famous Korean film critic said “It’s good to leave imperfect log of my thought & insights, rather than not doing it.” I agree with him.

Throughout the logs, I hope I can clarify the vision and challenges I want to dive into, not leaving myself in a fog and wishing the other person to notice me. I grew up, my soul already moved out from the tiny nutshell. I believe it is my job to job to speak with clarity.