If you are going to live to be 100, choose to be happy.

A bestseller in South Korea, If You're Going to Live to 100, Choose to Be Happy addresses the aging process with lightness and good humor and offers tips on how to enjoy this phase that is so overlooked by society.

Retired psychiatrist Rhee Kun Hoo was in his seventies when he began writing life reflections based on his experiences, and his lighthearted yet powerful writing became a bestseller in his home country, South Korea. If You're Going to Live to 100, Choose to Be Happy is his new book.

Born in Korea in 1935 during the Japanese imperial occupation, Rhee presents his perspective as an elderly man living in a country with ancient traditions that are somewhat different from the West. Nothing escapes him, and he discusses, with ease and wisdom, topics such as relationships, burnout, forgiveness, parenting, and even how to accept death. However, he goes further and offers valuable advice to readers, using anecdotes from his own life to illustrate how to find joy in the aging process.

About to turn 90, the author who became a best-selling author in Korea had an eventful youth, even participating in the movement that fought for the country's independence. He asserts that aging is a gift in our modern society, not a disease. Retirement, far from being the end of the world, is a time when we can rethink our lives and take the time to truly get to know ourselves.

If You're Going to Live to 100, Choose to Be Happy is a rich story that shows it's possible to find happiness at any age. Witty and filled with the wisdom that only those who have experienced many ups and downs in life can share, it proves that any story deserves to be read to the last page.