Who says that getting married is a miracle for grown-up girls? You can still live the life you want, as long as you are willing to put in the sweat, tears and ignore life, that’s all. Here are 62 things I’ve done at the age of 26 – 10-year journey 2012 – 2022
62 THINGS I’VE DONE AT THE AGE OF 26
10-year journey 2012 – 2022
2012 – 2013
– Graduated as an Excellent Student for 12 years. Graduated from High School with Excellent Grade. Won 3rd prize in the Dong Nai Provincial English Competition.
– At this time, there were quite a few articles published in newspapers 2!, Muc Tim, Channel 14, Tiin.vn,…
– The first time I secretly drove a motorbike to Saigon.
– First time I knew unrequited love
– First time I knew how to use Facebook, even though I created it in 2009.
– At this time, I had written 3 manuscripts but none of them were published.
2013 – 2014
– Passed the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Journalism and Communication, Block D with 24 points and Passed the University of Law, Faculty of Criminal Law, with 18.5 points, Block A.
– Sent the manuscript to 13 publishers but was rejected by all of them.
– Phuong Nam Books agreed to publish the first book called “Close your eyes and see the whole sky”.
– First time to the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City
– First time to know about the Spoon Association – a group of close friends who studied and played during university.
– First time to know what it was like to rent a room in Saigon.
– First time to intern at an advertising company, Firstcom.
2014 – 2015
– Continued to move house.
– Internship at 3 advertising companies: Phibious, Publicis, Ogilvy
– Worked from a collaborator to a communications specialist at Mobiistar.
– First time having a traffic accident that tore my chin, infected burns on both legs.
– First time going to drawing class at ADC Academy & San Si Studio
– First time studying advertising at WorkSaigon & AIM Academy, each course was worth tens of millions
– Published 2 more books, Broken Age at 20 and Already Existing and Already Loving with more than tens of thousands of copies.
2015 – 2016
– First time signing books at Ho Chi Minh City Book Fair and meeting readers.
– First time publishing the book Is It Lost or Never Had, first time appearing on Channel 14 newspaper.
– First time confessing but being rejected huhu.
– First time working in an office as a senior PR specialist at Zalo VNG
– First time buying a Macbook Air 2016 for $1000
– First time taking a plane, flying to Hanoi.
– First time going to Cambodia
2016 – 2017
– First time going to Singapore
– First time going to Thailand
– Becoming a Project Manager – The youngest project manager of First News Publishing Company
– First time dyeing my hair blonde
– First time dating via Tinder
– The book Just Smile, Regardless of Life was published and became a phenomenon with tens of thousands of copies.
– First time going to California gym
– Becoming KOL for some brands: The Coffee House, Hiruscar,…
– First time launching Du Vi Cuoi Tuan radio show on Viettel’s Keeng.vn, lasting until now
2017 – 2018
– First time going to the Philippines and visiting the beautiful city of Tagaytay
– Publishing the book Yeu Thu and going to a book signing
– First time having chicken pox
– Opening Gari Content Agency
– Getting to know Dean through LinkedIn and meeting for the first time in Saigon
– Becoming KOL for some brands: Ten Ren, Grab, Nike,…
2018 – 2019
– First time going to the US, and going twice.
– Almost got caught up in a multi-level marketing scheme because of lack of knowledge :))
– Becoming an elite member when going to Citigym
– First time earning enough money to buy a Mercedes :)) but I saved up and didn’t buy it.
– First time standing on the TEDx stage
– First time going to neighboring provinces in the North such as Hai Phong, Thanh Hoa,…
– Published the book What Does Growing Up Take Away, Listen to Me…
2019 – 2020
– First time going bankrupt because of Covid, enough to buy a Mercedes
– Published the book Life is Short, Don’t Cry, Put on Lipstick and held at TukTuk Thai Bistro restaurant.
– First time in American newspapers: NBC2, Canadian newspaper The Culture Magazine…
– Starting everything from zero, from work, to relationships
– First time understanding more about types of investment: Stocks, crypto, forex…
– First time meeting Dean’s parents
– First time transiting in China 3 times
2020 – 2021
– First time being affected by the Covid epidemic to the point of having to move company locations continuously
– First time doing TikTok with the channel Quotation Gari :))
– First time doing Youtube with the channel Gari & Min :))
– Publishing the book Appointment in Another Life and recording the song of the same name
– Former assistant now has a relationship with architect Thai Cong
2021 – 2022
– Been in the US for more than 3 months…
– First time having a video reaching nearly a million views on Youtube Gari & Min…
– Gari Fanpage channel now has 383,000 followers…
– … Will update later in the next 10 years journey.