As I think deeply, I wonder if our lives are ultimately a continuous series of probabilities.

Mathematically speaking, probability exists everywhere and is reflected in the lives we lead.

Isn't it a huge probability game where I am born to certain parents, grow up in a specific environment, and enter the education system of a particular country?

I was born in Seongnam, South Korea. The fact that my parents lived in Seongnam at that time and that I came into this world is already the result of countless variables.

However, if I twist my thinking about probability just a little, I see an astonishing fact. For example, what if I had been born just 100 km north?

That would mean I was born in North Korea, and the likelihood of me sitting here in the U.S. drinking coffee and writing a blog post is close to zero.

People often say, "I got here through my efforts," but in reality, the probability of the environment I was born into comes first.

Having completed my studies in the U.S. and now working in a professional IT job, I feel that half of my competitiveness was already determined by the background I was born into, not by my choices.

Whether my parents valued education, what kind of teachers I had at school, and how a friend I met by chance influenced my career—these are not things I designed; they are the results of the dice rolled by probability.

That doesn't mean that life is entirely about luck.

Probability only provides conditions, and how I respond to that creates another probability.

The moment I decided to come to the U.S. after being born in Seongnam, another option emerged. I don't know if that increased or decreased my chances of success. What is clear, however, is that every moment feels like rolling dice. "Will this round go well? Or will it go awry?" This tension always follows me.

These days, I find it more comfortable to acknowledge probability.

If I try to forcibly hold onto areas I cannot control, it only increases my stress. For example, I cannot prevent a project from failing due to an economic crisis or a colleague leaving due to company restructuring. Those are just the results of probability at play. Instead, what I can do is prepare for the next roll of the dice to yield a better outcome. Studying, networking, taking care of my health, and writing are all part of that preparation.

Looking back, most of the biggest turning points in my life were also close to chance.

A person I met by chance at a seminar changed my career, and an interview I happened to get opened new opportunities. Seeing this, it seems that the saying "probability is destiny" is not without reason.

In the end, I have come to believe this: life is a vast series of probabilities. The city I was born in, the people I met, and the paths I chose are all results of rolling the dice.

But the important thing is that no matter where I stand now, how I face the next roll of the dice is up to me.

I cannot avoid probability, but I can decide my attitude towards utilizing that probability.

So today, I write this article. Perhaps reading this piece is another probability.

The probability of clicking on my blog among countless articles, the probability of reading it to the end, and the probability of pondering it for a moment.

If that small probability touches someone's heart, isn't that already a sufficiently valuable outcome?