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Division of Media and Communication). My concerns about
this in my twenties. Even so, all the struggles that struck me
the future came up again when I was a senior HUFSan ?
fromthebeginninghelpedmegrow.
I ultimately decided to choose a career path in law, which
requiresthesameskillsetrequiredtobeajournalist.
TheArgus:Suchexperiencescreatedthesuccessful
During my studies at law school, family law was the most
attorneyyouaretoday.Canyoushareyourmethodof
gratifying subject. Since I was little, I was a good mediator,
tipsforachievingsuccess?
and divorce cases require quite a lot of mediation. Most civil
Choi:Forme,itcamedowntothreethings.
andcriminalcasesarecloserinconcepttoafightwherethere
First, I engaged with my clients on an emotional level. As a
isaclearwinnerandloser.Ontheflipside,divorcecasesoften
female lawyer in her twenties, this was a way to differentiate
involvemediationwherethepartiesinvolvedareledtowardsa
myselffromotherlawyers.Ononehand,thereareolder,more
settlement.Thatiswhatdrewmeinthemost.
established, and predominantly male lawyers out there. On
theotherhand,therewasme,ayoungerattorneywhoneeded
to stand out from the crowd. Young women entering the real
TheArgus:Whatwasyourmostdifficultmoment?
Choi: The first year after graduation was the most difficult;
worldmayoftenfeelthis.Creatingheart-to-heartconnections
I was thrown into society, the real world, but my heart was
with clients, was not because I was a nice person, but a
still at college. It takes a year or two, even three sometimes,
necessity.
to get adjusted to the real world. Because I was thrown into
Second,Iamapersonwithalotoffears,whichforcesmeto
a profession that required expertise, I needed to take on that
seeksafeties.Iamalwaysmulti-tasking;itisahabitforme.I
much more responsibility. There was no leniency for a
amnotthetypetospendlonghourssittingatadesk,but
beginner attorney. Rather, clients took for granted,
Itrytoputmyselfbeyondthelineofbarerequirement.
that I would be taking care of their business and
Withthisattitude,IwasabletoobtainaTOEICscore
livinguptotheirfaithinme.Takingonworkwith
and maintain a decent GPA. The same that applied
established business leaders, presentations in
formeasastudentappliesformetoday.
extremelyprofessionalsettings,andconsultations
Even the comic series I am currently putting out
werealltooburdensome.
is a result of my experience as a lawyer and the
For this reason, I had to put on a mask. At
scripts I write during my five-minute breaks are
home, I could be myself, but outside, I had
a result of multi-tasking. The book I published
to think myself into believing that “I am a
lastyearwasaresultofthiskindofattitude
capablecareerwoman.”Thiskindofliving
as well, and I have a script for a drama in
persisted for three years, during which
the works as well. I will be an attorney
the gap between my true self and my
well into my forties and fifties, but even
superficialselfgrewsodistantthatitwas
so,ifthereisanythingIwanttodo,Iwill
mentally taxing. However, I could not
putitintoaction.Itisnotsomuchasecret
show my true self. Though internally, I
tosuccessasitisahabitthatIuphold.My
hadnotgrownintothat“careerwoman,”
interests reach far and wide and I want to
yet, the real world was expecting
donewthings.Ofcourse,everypersonhas
so much from me. Besides, it was
theirowncrutch,somywayisnottheonly
impossibletoworkhalfheartedlywhen
way, but for me, this habit was the road to
onapayroll.
mysuccess.
Moreover, in the world of attorneys,
Inlinewiththis,Iusemytimeasefficiently
one makes a lot of enemies. Sometimes
aspossible.Ienjoymyoff-timeandengagein
an opposing party comes into the
leisure activities to the fullest. However, I do
office and lays down on the floor in
notfrolicaway,obliviousofthetimepassing.
hysteria; sometimes, an opponent can
When I meet my friends for an hour, I live
commit suicide after receiving a formal
that hour to the fullest. Some people ask
complaint; and sometimes, people can try
where I find the time to write comics, but with
tophysicallyhurtme.Itwastoughtobearall
thiskindofefficiency,allittakesisfiveminutes
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