It has been a full year of marriage.
A year of adjusting to a new rhythm.
A new home.
A new way of sharing space and time.
People often ask how married life feels.
Some say I look softer.
Some say I have changed.
Maybe I have.
I am still me.
But I am also evolving.
I moved from living alone to building a life with someone.
From decisions made independently to decisions made together.
Not losing myself — but expanding who I am.
It feels different from our parents’ generation.
There used to be a fixed sequence to adulthood:
study, work, marry, have children.
A path most people followed without much question.
Today, we choose differently.
Marriage is no longer an expectation.
Motherhood is not a requirement.
And being single needs no explanation.
We define our own timeline.
For me, marriage was never pressure.
It was a choice.
A thoughtful one.
Not because I had to.
But because it felt right.
This past year did not transform me overnight.
It reshaped me quietly.
I stepped away from writing not because I had nothing to say —
but because I was learning how to live this new chapter fully.
And now, I feel ready to return.
Still me.
Becoming more.
Jongjin
Founder
