I passed my first full year working in Korea last week, and I noticed my daily life has become very different from when I first arrived. Because of rotating shifts, I don’t really plan big weekends anymore; I just keep small routines like laundry after work, a quiet meal, and calling family when the time zone works 🙂. It sounds simple, but it actually helped me feel more settled at the company because I stopped expecting every week to look the same. Anyone else here started enjoying Korea in smaller pieces because of their work schedule?

I passed my first full year working in Korea last week, and I noticed my daily life has become very different from when I first arrived. Because of rotating shifts, I don’t really plan big weekends anymore; I just keep small routines like laundry after work, a quiet meal, and calling family when the time zone works 🙂. It sounds simple, but it actually helped me feel more settled at the company because I stopped expecting every week to look the same. Anyone else here started enjoying Korea in smaller pieces because of their work schedule?

지난주에 한국에서 일한 지 첫 1년을 채웠는데, 처음 왔을 때와 비교해 제 일상이 정말 많이 달라졌다는 걸 느꼈어요. 교대 근무 때문에 이제는 큰 주말 계획을 따로 세우지 않게 됐고, 퇴근 후 빨래를 하거나 조용히 식사하고, 시간대가 맞을 때 가족에게 전화하는 것 같은 작은 루틴만 이어가고 있어요 🙂. 단순하게 들리지만, 매주가 똑같을 거라고 기대하지 않게 되면서 오히려 회사에서 더 안정감을 느끼는 데 도움이 됐어요. 여기 계신 분들 중에도 근무 일정 때문에 한국을 더 작은 조각들로 즐기게 된 분 있나요?