Renew yourself every day!

Youth is a time of brilliance but also of challenges. When we turn 25, we stand at an important crossroads: Stable job or challenge? Passion or reality? Success or failure? In a letter to himself 10 years ago, the author shares valuable experiences and lessons about career, finance and the spirit of being ready to face the fluctuations of the labor market. A message not only for those aged 25, but for all those who are on the journey of finding and asserting themselves.

Wishing my 25th birthday and my peers to always be strong, steady and find the most suitable path for themselves! (Photo created by ChatGPT)

Hi there – I am 25 years old myself,

I just watched “This Day in History” on Facebook. You just returned cheerfully from a business trip to Ca Mau. In the first three months of the year, you went on four trips and were praised by your bosses for your excellent work. Congratulations and thank you for sticking to your motto: Don’t focus on money when you first graduate, so you can be given the opportunity to try your hand.

But, my friend, I don't care about money, so don't accept to work for free. Unpaid work is a very fragile contract. It can easily turn us into irresponsible people or 'play the role' of exploiting the other person.

25! You will be at a crossroads. When your wings are thick enough, it is time to think about the future. Your current agency is an ideal environment. But is it really your dream job!? Remember: If you don't do what you love, you will die every day.

And when a suitable offer comes along, you will emerge from your cocoon. Not only will you receive better treatment, you will also be given the opportunity to realize your dreams. You will lead the team to fight against the “monsters” called briefs, deadlines, KPIs, feedback… Because you are not a superman, you will definitely feel dizzy several times. You will be resentful, sad, and question your own abilities. But the Earth still rotates, life goes on. Every time you fall, you get up, pick up lessons from failure to make a new piece of armor for yourself.

With effort, dedication (and a little luck), you will succeed. You will have the income you dreamed of before. Congratulations! You have the right to enjoy, but please do not spend every penny. Build a reserve fund for yourself and your family to ensure your life for about 3-6 months, if something unexpected happens. Because epidemics, natural disasters, technology, political instability... have countless impacts that make this world change every day. Above all, my friend, there is a peak and there is a peak. Your peak today, tomorrow will be something common for the masses. The field that you consider a gold mine, tomorrow no investor will be interested in investing. Always prepare for a future where you have to spread CVs.

We all know that March is still the golden time to change jobs, right!? Workers look for new opportunities to advance and increase their income; companies recruit new staff. But this year is very strange! The Government's drastic streamlining of the apparatus is creating tens, hundreds of thousands of redundant state workers, shaking up the labor market. Not to mention the fact that large companies and corporations are adjusting after a period of massive recruitment to serve the explosive growth period after the Covid-19 pandemic. There is only one position, but we have to "compete" with new graduates, peers, and even... uncles and aunts.

Recently, I heard an inspiring but “chilling” sentence from streamer Pewpew: “The ideal job now is no longer a passion. It will simply be: Having a salary enough to live on and paid on time”. Indeed, in my time, being able to work is already glorious. So, if you find yourself a bit behind your friends, don’t be too impatient. Getting rich in a hurry can easily lead to high-risk ventures, even fraud.

To prepare well for the future, doing well in your current job is not enough. You also have to constantly renew yourself every day. It is not simply updating your knowledge and learning new skills, but also bravely facing new challenges, making friends with new people, and looking for new opportunities. Knowledge and experience are like money. If we do not accumulate, small incidents can become big. Employers do not want to hear about your golden age. They only care about whether you are qualified enough to solve their problems.

25, you still maintain the habit of reading books, huh!? For a long time, I just buried myself in work and forgot about it. I still bought books, but only read a few pages and then put them aside. Recently, when I had a problem, I took out a book to read to relieve stress. That book was great, like a shower of rain watering the dry land in my head. I was happy but also hurt! It hurt to realize that I had been behind the market for quite a while.

I always believe that in challenges there will be opportunities. Even though I may start late, I still keep learning to be ready to seize the opportunity when it comes. I wish my 25th birthday and my peers to always be strong, steady and find the most suitable path for themselves!

You 10 years later.

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