Book Review: Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop & the revelations that changed my life whilst reading it
Consistent Theme of Believing in Myself Yesterday, I read a book called 'Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop'. It's the perfect book to read for my current circumstance. A happenstance or fate. I started reading it because I couldn't sleep the last night in my apartment back in Chicago. Then I read it the whole two flights and the Toronto airport. It was one of the fewest times I'm grateful to have a stopover so I can keep reading a book. I couldn't stop it at all - each chapter had a moment that I connected with. The characters and their woes helped me understand my emotions and what I've just done myself to myself. During that time, I wrote some notes on my phone on some revelations that went into my head: I don't have to take a gamble on myself anymore because I've proven myself to me. So these days, I take the risk and gamble on the unknown opportunities knowing that I am the insurance. And that I can now trust that I'll always act for the ...