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I also liked meeting people from various professions in their 20s and 30s. Most of them were under a lot of stress and had the same worries. I didn’t gain anything that could be called an ‘achievement’ right then and there, but we created a group chat after the workshop, and if I maintain good relationships with these people, I think that’s also a good thing.
- 1DAY Energy Workshop for Office Workers / Im Hyun-gyu — Gapyear Tribe, ''Gapper'' |
Currently, South Korea is,
Each year 60,000 middle and high school students drop out, 346,000 people in their 20s are just idling because they have no dreams, and the one-year turnover rate after employment has entered the 40% range,75% of university students are not satisfied with college life, and more than 80% of workers do not feel happy.Many people tell them to dream, but to solve this problem that lacks practical methods and support, we want to introduce the ''gap year'' to South Korea.
''Gap year (Gapyear)''is a time to pause studies or work, or to combine them while engaging in various activities such as volunteering, travel, internships, education, and startups,to set the direction for the future; it''s a culture recommended in the United States, Europe, Japan, and elsewhere.
# Four years of university, seven years of military service, and what''s left for me?
I had no idea about a company called ''Gapyear'' until I learned about it through a friend last year. Even if Korean Gapyear isn''t well known to many people yet, most will understand the concept. I think it''s a concept people recognize and need in various ways—sabbatical, rest, taking a break, self-exploration, and so on.
After graduating high school I went straight to four years of university and seven years in the military. In a way, it feels like I''ve been relentlessly running here because of a single choice made in my youth. I''m currently, voluntarily and involuntarily, resting while doing various activities on my own (I call this a gap year myself, but I''m not sure if that''s right). I still don''t really know.I briefly hoped I might realize something here about what I should do or what I want to do, but I soon rethought that such realizations don''t come from some trigger, that they can''t be that, and that in the end you have to decide on your own.
# Move, talk, and laugh together with people from diverse occupations!
We did things like drawing ourselves and molding clay—reminiscent of children''s art therapy—and wrote many things down. We listed what gives us energy and what drains our energy. There were some mildly physical games, and later the Twister was really grueling—the muscles burned and the joints creaked. It might be partly because I don''t move my body much usually, but it was very arduous.
We paired up to have conversations and finally tried the maze game we saw on the TV show The Genius.And this was outside the program,but all participants went for a walk in Seoul Forest without anyone missing out and had a simple beer together, which remains a particularly good memory.
And what I liked most was that the staff led the program in an entertaining way. They shared various experiences and their thoughts—for example, “Worse than making a bad choice is continually postponing a choice,” “It''s a crisis if you still haven''t found what you want to do by your 30s,” and “If you don''t wander when you''re young, you''ll have a meltdown when you''re older”—those remarks were striking.
I also liked meeting people from various professions in their 20s and 30s. Most of them were under a lot of stress and had the same worries. I didn’t gain anything that could be called an ‘achievement’ right then and there, but we created a group chat after the workshop, and if I maintain good relationships with these people, I think that’s also a good thing.
# If you want to break away from the same daily routine every day!
Honestly, nothing has changed before and after participating. I''m still grappling with the concerns I had before the workshop and will probably continue to do so for a while. But I learned about gap year and became interested in the programs they run, and I would participate again if there is a good opportunity.
After it ended, rather than the grand expectations I had at first, I felt, “I had a good time.” If every day is the same and you want to break out of your routine, push your boundaries, meet new people, and feel something new, give it a try.
