Until now, I had focused solely on tasks that seemed like things I had to do. However, I have now resolved to focus on tasks that bring meaning to my life, aiming to achieve small successes one by one. So, I started by asking myself: What truly brings meaning to me? This led me to begin setting priorities in my mind.

First, I decided not to think about unnecessary things. I also felt that the clutter in my expressions had diminished a little. I could now accept the things I liked as they were, without hesitation.

The First Meaningful Thing

I resumed contributing to open-source projects. There was a PR I had submitted with a colleague to the react-native-video community, where we worked on applying Fabric. However, I had left it unattended, and the PR was left incomplete. I broke down the PR again and have been communicating with the open-source maintainers to build the next steps for the project.

The Second Meaningful Thing

I learned the importance of core hypotheses when experimenting with a product, the need for rapid experimentation, and adopting a mindset that doesn’t fear failure. I would like to share some resources that have helped shape this mindset.

Video from Seung-Geon Lee’s Startup Competition Presentation

This video is from Seung-Geon Lee’s talk at a startup competition. It helped me understand what happens when you start a business and what you must sacrifice to succeed.

Winning Strategy

This is another video I watched afterward, titled "Winning Strategy." It taught me why we should not fear failure and why quick failure is important. It was also quite a philosophical video.

The Experiment Culture of the Danggeun Team

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This one is about the experiment culture at Danggeun. It was very helpful in understanding how they adjust their workflows for experiments.

I was impressed by their sprint culture, which minimizes unnecessary tasks and focuses on usability tests centered around core hypotheses.

How the Danggeun Team Runs Purpose-Driven Organizations by Role

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I learned how the Danggeun team runs purpose-driven organizations by role.

I also realized that teams that foster psychological safety for their colleagues truly exist.

The Third Meaningful Thing

I’ve always enjoyed side projects, but none of them were ever completed. After thinking about the “why,” I realized that working alone was a major cause of my lack of progress.

So, I posted a recruitment ad titled "Creative Group with IT" on Disquiet. One person reached out to me, and we are meeting this Saturday. I don’t know how it will turn out, but it feels meaningful to know that I could be doing something outside of work that adds value to my life.

Through all of this, the greatest “realization” I had was as follows:

When there is a gap in perspectives, you shouldn’t try to close it. You should acknowledge it and work on finding concrete solutions that can mediate the gap.

Until now, I hadn’t fully understood the meaning of the word "gap in perspectives." It seems that two people can never have the same mind because they are different and therefore have differing perspectives. The idea that we could fully understand someone else seems impossible. If you approach someone with the firm belief that you must convince them, you’ll become obsessive. This can complicate things or make them worse.

Mutual recognition is needed. And maintaining an appropriate distance is also important. To solve this issue, efforts to "nest" within each other may be required.

“You can’t ignore a squirrel just because it can’t speak. You have to nest with it!”

This is a famous quote from Shinju Kang. Don’t disregard others just because of differences in perspectives. Don’t try to understand them completely. Just nest with them.

If we live by this understanding, I briefly thought that life might become a bit easier. And with that, I conclude this writing.