Here's Who We Are (Today, Anyway)

My Baby, Yiko.

I adopted her from a shelter when she was three months old. Her current favorite snack? Dried pollock wrapped in seaweed — she’s basically a tiny Korean grandma.

Mala Is Ma Soul

Chinese food completes my soul. I SWEAR there's a void inside me that can only Mala can fill.

I ❣️ Clothes

I love clothes — the fabric, the colors, the shapes, the stories they carry. There’s something endlessly fascinating about how a piece of clothing can hold memory, mood, and identity.

Matcha I Made 🍵

How can anyone not like matcha? The color, the taste, the zen, the calmness of making it! Honestly I hope it’s not just a passing trend but something that stays forever.

My Watched-Movie List

I’m obsessed with archiving everything — so here's a note for what films I've watched this year (so far) I love watching films — it’s the easiest way for me to slip into someone(-thing) else’s life and imagine what it’s like to exist as another being, in another time, another universe.

I Try To Workout

I started going to the gym back in April, and somehow — miraculously — it’s actually become part of my weekly routine. Manifesting that this becomes a lifetime habit — and not just another fleeting hyperfixation.

Jjji

This Is Me (Today, Anyway)

I’m a 30-year-old dog-mom living in Seoul, navigating this big-city life and constantly questioning whether I should be climbing the corporate ladder (if there’s even a ladder left in 10 years, or will AI just take over everything, lol) or chasing my elusive dreams — whatever they are.

Living in a fast-paced city full of FOMO, I’ll spend one day cursing capitalism and dreaming of a zen life where I return to the earth (흙으로 돌아가고 싶다). The next day, I’m knee-deep in shopping carts and wondering if I’m ever going to stop. I know, it’s full of contradictions — but that’s my reality.

My interests are all over the place, and sometimes I wonder if I’m just wasting time. But deep down (or maybe it’s a delusion, who knows), I believe these random passions will eventually connect and lead me to something meaningful. The trick is figuring out what that something is.

I’ve changed a lot over the last decade, and I have a feeling my 30s will be just as unpredictable and full of surprises. I want to document it all — the highs, the lows, and everything in between. I’m hoping that by sharing my thoughts and experiences, it’ll all make sense at some point.

And to be honest, with how fast the world is changing, I just want to find my people — like-minded girlies who get it. A place where we can share, connect, and be real. I hope this space becomes that for you too.

My Baby, Yiko.

I adopted her from a shelter when she was three months old. Her current favorite snack? Dried pollock wrapped in seaweed — she’s basically a tiny Korean grandma.

Mala Is Ma Soul

Chinese food completes my soul. I SWEAR there's a void inside me that can only Mala can fill.

I ❣️ Clothes

I love clothes — the fabric, the colors, the shapes, the stories they carry. There’s something endlessly fascinating about how a piece of clothing can hold memory, mood, and identity.

Matcha I Made 🍵

How can anyone not like matcha? The color, the taste, the zen, the calmness of making it! Honestly I hope it’s not just a passing trend but something that stays forever.

My Watched-Movie List

I Try To Workout

Yeonju

This Is Me (Today, Anyway)

Hi, I’m Yeonju, a 30-something freelance developer based in Seoul, Korea, currently building e-commerce websites.

I love making things — and I love consuming and experiencing things made by other people. I enjoy drawing, building websites, visiting art exhibitions, exploring beautiful spaces, and, of course, trying on nice clothes.

From these statements, you might guess that I’m addicted to dopamine, and you’d be right. (so hard to put my phone down in bed.)

Ironically, though, all I really want is to hone my practice for years and see how far I can grow and improve without losing myself as a creative in an age of AI. (A bit of an idealist, I know.) I want to become someone with a voice of my own, even if it's just in a small, niche field. To me, it means carving out a small but cozy place in this wide world where I truly belong.

The simple rules I try to stick to are eating healthy, and exercising regularly, just to keep myself focused on what matters most (and to save myself from back pain)

Things can get messy, confusing, and uncertain, and sometimes super exciting. But this is simply me, sharing my journey. I hope this blog becomes a warm, supportive corner of the internet where we can cheer each other on, and become even bolder together ✷

I LOVE GREEN 💚

From the shade of spring sprouts to mint, deep green, and khaki tones. A green blouse in the photo. Green flavors — green apple, mint, pistachio, matcha. Green veggies — rucola, cilantro, minari, herbs.

Always stopping for flowers

I never expected I’d become the kind of adult who stops to take pictures of flowers along the roads. But every flower, in every season, is too beautiful, small, and cute not to photograph.

What's in my View

I love green, but lately about 80% of what I see is just... a cursor. Still, building a blog with my own hands is so much fun!

Vintage Shopping Lover

Love the graphic on this sweatshirt: blue light from the stars, a camel, and a sense of quiet peace. Look at my super excited face after finding the hidden gem at a vintage store. I love discovering pieces that feel somewhat aligned with trends yet still unique and suit me well.

Childhood, Hilma af Klint

It reminded me of all the things that are so easy to forget but I don't want to — imagination, play, toys, the stories in books — everything I experienced in my small room as a kid. And to keep Hilma’s spiritual power close and never forget it, I put a poster on my fridge.

Hilma af Klint: The Beyond, Tokyo

Holiday prep already?!

Only two months left until 2025. Time's flying. Let’s spend the rest of the year filling this blog with meaning. 🪡