13/08/2026
I think I forgot how lucky I am.
Not in a dramatic way.
I just got used to it.
The mountains are there.
The views are there.
And somehow, when something beautiful is always within reach, you start thinking you can go another time.
Then Yeji came to Switzerland.
At one point I was complaining about how many people there were.
She looked around, very confused.
Coming from South Korea, her definition of “crowded” and mine are VERY different. 😂
Then we went up to Männlichen and started walking towards Kleine Scheidegg.
More mountains.
Fewer people.
Marmots.
A rainbow that stayed with us for what felt like half an hour.
And suddenly she understood what I meant.
But I think I understood something too.
Watching someone experience a place you know through completely new eyes makes you look again.
She was taking everything in.
Calling her mom.
Getting excited about every view.
And I kept thinking:
Why don’t I do this more often?
Why am I always working, recovering from working, or thinking about the next thing I need to do when this is so close?
Four years ago, I saw a random Reel while I was in South Korea and decided to join a hike in Seoul.
That’s how I met Yeji.
Now, four years later, she’s here.
Eating ramyeon in the Swiss mountains with me.
Yodeling in gondolas. 😂
Teaching me things.
Seeing things I stopped seeing.
And somehow we’ve both changed each other’s lives in ways neither of us could have planned back then.
Standing between those huge mountains, that thought made me feel very small.
But in a good way.
Because maybe a life doesn’t always change through one huge decision.
Sometimes it’s a Reel.
A hike.
A stranger.
A yes.
And then you follow the little connections and see where they take you.
I said I wanted this year to be about letting more life in.
I think this is what I meant. 🤍