I was very worried about whether I could read one book every two weeks since I rarely read books, but thanks to the wonderful people I was with, I was able to finish successfully! At first, I thought it would be a simple mission-oriented challenge, but contrary to my expectations, I really loved that we held book talks with a small group of nine people👍🏻👍🏻 Each person involved had such a distinct personality and so much to learn from that just having conversations with them helped broaden my perspective significantly. In particular, thanks to the questions Hyang-ro prepared with such care for every book talk, I was able to deeply contemplate points that I hadn't noticed when reading alone. By participating in this challenge, I had a strong desire to grow not only as a developer but also as a person. Although I still have a long way to go, I feel like I've vaguely found the path of which direction to move toward through this experience. If you hear news about recruitment for the second term, I highly recommend applying without hesitation🔥🔥

If asked what remains after the eight-week book club, I can proudly say this: my thoughts have remained in writing. In the preface of the fourth book of our club, Haruki Murakami's "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running," the author explains his reason for writing a book about running as follows: "Because I’m the kind of person who has to put things into letters to think through them properly, I had to move my hands and actually write these sentences to find the meaning of running for myself." It is difficult to speak well without having thought things through, and it is difficult to look back on those thoughts if they aren't recorded in writing. That is why I felt that writing down one's thoughts after reading is just as important as the act of reading itself. I also feel that good writing and good conversation are necessary for thoughts to become enriched. I highly recommend this book club to anyone who wants to capture a single sentence of their own!