UYal's blog

You were smart from the very beginning.
And the fact that you clicked on this post and are reading this sentence proves it.

We live in a world overflowing with content.
With just a flick of your finger, you’re offered flashy images, short videos, and quick laughs.
In a time like this, choosing to read means your brain is craving something deeper.

Reading is compressing someone else’s life into your own experience.

Ten years of regret, five years of contemplation, or months of quiet observation
can pass through your mind in just a few minutes.
Absorbing the thoughts of others in condensed time—
that alone is already an extraordinary intellectual act.

And in the end, reading is also an act of courage:
to accept things you’ve never experienced before.

Every real change begins with the reader.

Most writing disappears without changing a thing.
But sometimes, a sentence can stop a person in their tracks.
Sometimes, a single word lingers in the ear
and gently shifts the direction of a life—just slightly, but unmistakably.

That possibility was opened… because you chose to read.

Now, let me begin telling you my story.

If Episode 0 was the epilogue, then this post is the very first scene.
The world I’ve seen and felt,
the moments I paused and reflected,
and the stories I discovered within them—
I’ll share them one by one.

So please,
join me on this journey.

Because reading
is the most intelligent way for our thoughts to meet.

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This post was inspired by content from EBS Humanities, a public educational broadcaster in South Korea.

And always remember:
The very act of reading already makes you extraordinary.