After being an inactive youth for 10 years, I am finally returning to society. It's not a full return yet, but...

I was an "inactive youth" throughout my entire 20s.
After graduating college, I did nothing.
I was just a student preparing for exams,
but I wasn't even doing that properly; I would prepare for one thing,
feel like it wouldn't work out, and then move on to something else.
At first, I prepared for the Higher Civil Service Exam, then scaled down to Grade 7 and Grade 9,
and I even gave up on Grade 9... and that's how I entered my 30s.
Realizing I couldn't go on like this, I tried to find a job
and think I sent out about 100 resumes on JobKorea.
While living as an inactive youth, I actually wrote novels on my own.
On sites like Novelpia or Joara...

This is my record of serializing on Novelpia.
It's not the views for a single novel, but if you sum up the views of all the novels I've serialized, it's about 5.5 million.
Joara doesn't have statistics that encompass all novels, so it's hard to attach, but
it's roughly around 5 million there as well.
I used this to cover my living expenses while I was an inactive youth.
Anyway, looking around, I saw many job postings in the media industry.
I applied for everything similar, like scenario writers, AI chatbot creators, web novel PDs, and webtoon story writers.
Surprisingly, I received about five or six calls.
To be honest, I was fine with anything,
but after excluding the places that were too far away and required me to move out,
only one freelance contract remained.

So I signed the contract here and have been working for a little while now.
The monthly salary is about 2.5 million KRW, but it can vary since it's a per-project contract.
Actually, there were places that offered more money,
but I figured it would be more or less the same once I paid rent to live on my own, so I'm just doing this.
But the thing is... it's a contract position. A 1-year contract.
I'll have to find a new job in a year,
and while my parents want me to study and become a professional,
I'm thinking of studying English more and working at an English academy.
Since I am a college graduate, after all...

This is the only English score I have.
I got 89 on G-TELP Level 2.
I took this because I heard you could take G-TELP instead of TOEIC when graduating,
and since I don't have any other English scores to prove my level, I'm attaching this.
Anyway, my current plan is to work my current job, study English more, and get a job as an English instructor at a local academy.
Back when I was in university, I really wanted to drop out,
but my parents said they would never forgive me if I dropped out and that I should graduate unless I wanted to live without ever seeing their faces again.
Looking back, I'm glad they did that.

I graduated from Dongguk University, which is a decent school.
My current plan is just to catch my breath while working at a local academy.
Since my current job is a 1-year contract, it's not something I can do for a long time...
Anyway, I want to slowly move away from being an "inactive youth."
I can't live as an unemployed person forever.
Rather than thinking about joining a major corporation or becoming a professional right away,
I want to try upgrading myself bit by bit.
I'm not thinking about what I'll be doing 10 years from now.
I think I stayed shut in my room because of those kinds of thoughts, so I'm going to focus only on what happens one year from now.
Sorry for the rambling post.
Good luck to everyone.