– Was discouraged by my family when changing my career to start all over again in the visual design field.
– Could not even find an internship due to not being as young as a fresh graduate to be trusted that will have quick learnings at work (in Vietnam)
– Was told: “You don’t have a hobby in professional photography, I doubt that you are really interested in art and design” (!?) – Wait, what? Why that “must” be my hobby?)
– Was told: “You don’t know much compared to other younger candidates, we cannot pay you because we have to teach you”
–> The next interview at another company, I got the offer as a Junior
– Was told: “We could not pay you the full salary as in your signed contract after your trial period because your ability is not there yet”
–> I declined and quit the job, and immediately found a better job at a better company, with better people and a better salary 😀
– Was told that “your banner design for that cosmetics looks like those ones they are selling in super cheap outlet markets”
– was told that “you are not young enough to change a career now”; “you are not young enough to move to another country and start a new life now, you’re better should stay in Vietnam, get married, have kids, and later in life you might plan to go with your family.” (!?)
–> Wait, what? So you mean I will have to try to find someone and date (1-3 years), get married, try to have a baby (1-2 years), give birth to my baby, and wait for them to grow up a little bit (2-4 years), so totally around 5-6 years and then plan to live my life in another country again, go study and start my career again at that time?
👋 No, thank you! 😀
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So what I did:
🤗 I changed my career anyway, and I started to learn what I wanted. Back then in Vietnam, it took me only 4 months to get a full-time job people thought I would have to take 1 to 2 years to get that.
🤗 I went to study abroad anyway because that has always been my dream, and got my traineeship after 1 year, then officially got a permanent job after nearly 1 more year.
🌷Now I have a great place to work, a job I love, and a warm place to live.
I think I have everything I need in life after all, after every saying that I could not do it, finally turned out that I can do it all 🙂
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Finally, some quick reminders:
💜 Live your life the way you want
💜 Do what you want to do for your life (immediately please)
💜 Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you cannot do it, because if you want, you totally can, trust me!
💜 It is never too late, because if you don’t do it, you will regret it even many years later and you will keep thinking that “it is too late to do now”. It will never end.
💜 Be honest, be kind, and do things you love with your whole heart!
💜 Last but not least, you only have one life 🙂
🌱 Some reflections after a busy focus time 🌱
21.09.2024
