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You don’t know how many times I failed following my plans
Last year I started working freelance full-time and planned to acquire N2 JLPT certificate in one year. That was quite an “impossible goal” because the effort needed was immense. If I want to reach my goal, I have to carefully break it down into small chunks of tasks to fulfill daily. I did. And I ended up having 10 versions of my plan to achieve that goal (not included the last one which worked). Those were also 10 times my plan didn’t work out.
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Coca Cola’s diet coke ads suck
Personally, I prefer Pepsi for a better “taste” if I need to choose between Coca Cola and Pepsi to drink. However, let’s put that aside. Here I want to talk about the latest Coca Cola’s diet coke ads. I’m always a fan of Coca Cola creative ads. Some of their clever campaigns (this one and this one) even drove me to tears from its subtle emotion conveyances. But this time it made me cry from horribleness. More considerately speaking, the ad is PLAIN BORING, CONFUSED and EMOTIONLESS.
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To start a freelancer’s life – Start with a personal finance strategy
I am really lazy when it comes to numbers, mathematics or anything related to those two. That’s why I never have the slightest idea of living on a personal finance strategy. I admit that I’m bad at math. I’m bad at money controlling as well. But these are just excuses.
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I choose to expose my thoughts
If you like writing, you’ll find that your writing is something personal and precious to you. You don’t want to share such information easily for strangers. It’s like having a diary and you don’t want anyone to open it. For me, many times I feel that way.
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About pursuing happiness
For my beloved friends. My friends, one is 28 years old and the other is 27. Both are young kind ladies. However, according to Vietnamese traditional way of counting age, they are now 29 and 28 years old. Of course, also as a tradition, the world around them starts to spin around just one question: “When will you get married? You’re already a little over THAT age.” The fuss gets worse when in the neighborhood there’s a boy/girl at their age (even younger) getting married.
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I quit being a full-time employee
Working as a full-time employee at a big company is the dream job of many people. You have a stable salary, good work compensations, many insurances covered, … It was one of my big goals in life too.
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I started writing again
I know a writer doesn’t actually have to write daily. But except for writing for my client, I’ve stopped jotting down my thoughts for a long time. No online blog post nor a quick note on paper. I don’t remember the last personal thing I wrote or what it was about. That’s how long I’ve abandoned connecting to my inner self.
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How To Escape The Writer’s Block?
Inspiration is the fire to a wordsmith. Ideas can come out of the blue mostly thanks to inspiration. But inspiration is so random. They love to suddenly slash through our head when we’re in the middle of doing things. Like, when you’re riding on the road and BOOM *le* cool idea appears. You rush back home to write it down but just one little interruption and it’s gone like the smoke. Then, say hello to the writer’s block!
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One Little Joy With Your Little One Each Day
Yesterday, I went eating out with my little one. On the way home, I took a short-cut instead of the main way I usually go for, which is a little bit longer. One side of the road is an abandoned and bushy land, the other side is what left of the spacious rice field. I guess maybe there’s no resident, this road has no electricity to light it up. It’s thick dark all the way. When I was small, this road was in between an immense rice field and my way to school. The infinite green space in my childhood now is just a memory. And look a little further, I will…
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Live A Life Without Labels
All our life we live to earn a label. It comes under many names, like dream, recognition, a job position, etc. We live to become someone in this world and find the answer for the “Who am I?” inside. Behind all that, is how you want people to see you. You want to be recognized for your effort, your hard work, and skills.
