[One Day One Thousand Characters] Press and Practice... A Flood of Handwritten Books

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Copying texts by hand (筆寫) is not only beneficial for self-development but also helps brain health, leading to a surge in the publication of books related to this practice in the new year.

Clinical psychologist Kim Do-yeon’s allows readers to read and copy 100 keywords and 300 positive affirmations. The author presents four stages of positive affirmations. The first stage involves reading aloud and copying positive affirmations every morning, encouraging readers to write and recite positive sentences multiple times. Following this, the author suggests ▲ meditation and visualization exercises ▲ creating and repeating words or sentences that evoke gentle and warm feelings within ▲ and keeping a gratitude journal by finding and recording three things that happened today that made you feel good.

Napoleon Hill, who summarized the mindset of the wealthy, selected 120 key sentences from his earlier work in and presented them in both Korean and English. Readers can compare the Korean and English texts and practice writing them in the notebook on the right page. Napoleon Hill advised writing down sentences that contain one’s desires on paper, posting them, and reading them daily. is a book that interviewed 507 self-made wealthy individuals of the time and compiled their secrets to success, selling 120 million copies worldwide.

Korean language teacher Kim Jae-woo hosts a poetry copying group called ‘Wednesday Poetry Tasting’ and compiled poems and sentences that people commonly enjoy into . The book contains 52 poems and sentences themed around people, nature, the world, and time spent alone, featuring poets such as Kim So-wol, Yun Dong-ju, Baek Seok, Ham Min-bok, Kwon Dae-woong, Kang Eun-gyo, Cheon Yang-hee, Jeon Hye-rin, Lee Eo-ryeong, Na Hee-deok, Park Wan-seo, and Jang Young-hee. It is designed so readers can read and copy a poem or sentence each week for 52 weeks. Additionally, the layout allows readers to appreciate, read aloud, reflect, and rest during the copying process.

Kim Yong-taek, known as the ‘Poet of the Seomjin River,’ published , a collection of poems he strongly recommends copying. The poet explained that he carefully selected 101 poems from various writers with the hope that readers would also try copying them at least once. The collection includes works by Kim So-wol, Lee Yuk-sa, Yun Dong-ju, Baek Seok, as well as poems by Kim Hye-soon, Cheon Yang-hee, Lee Seong-bok, Shin Kyung-rim, and messages from foreign authors such as Paul ?luard, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Johann Goethe. It also introduces 10 beloved poems by Kim Yong-taek himself. The book is designed with the original poem on the left page and an emotionally designed blank space on the right page, making it easy for readers to copy and convenient to carry as a single volume.

Famous English instructor Lee Bo-young released , a copying book for English texts. It contains comforting, encouraging, loving, friendly, and life-truth messages written in emotional English sentences based on the author’s experiences. The core messages are also provided in cursive for readers to copy once more.