Updates (November 6, 2024)

After socializing a ton with Vietnamese people from all parts of the world, I grew and grew.

By socializing with Vietnamese more accomplished and more educated than you in your field, you learn to grow and do the same and try to excel.

When you go out into the world, then you can challenge other people’s beliefs and status.

My life turned around when I socialized with Vietnamese. I was held to their standards.

I stay home most of the time learning and growing my craft to impress and grow. This is normal in every culture I presume.

When I go outside, I understand myself in the context that I have my core likes and passions like other Vietnamese people in Vietnam because I grew like them since 2017 after meeting them in college.

Without the “Vietnamese feeling” I would be blah and laxed.

I grew so much as a “Vietnamese educated programmer” by socializing mainly with Tan Vu (John).

After seeing him grow and grow and get more experience and degrees, I have a trajectory to learn from and grow from. It is “very Vietnamese”.

I can reflect and conversate with him and we both grow together sharing our experiences.

Now when I go in public, I have this solid understanding, being and way. When people see me and socialize with me, I have this solid persona.

Now I can take my sweet time and not be so rushed and pushy in doing things as I have a solid pathway and understanding how to set and get goals.

I just sit there and do stuff without really any care no more because I know any more is too pushy.

Time has stopped and I just turn the page and work on things without the constant rush and overhanging dreadful goals and milestones I think I used to have to achieve quickly being born here in the West.

I guess life required me to socialize with like minds and like people first.

Now I just coast.

It required me to accomplish a lot to a point anymore is really excess.

Relaxing and having fun all the time and just doing stuff that is your hobby and passion doesn’t get you here. It requires you to study a lot and do a lot.

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I was taught life was all fun and games growing up. But it isn’t.