The idea of 'dropping out of college and going to work early' made me struggle to get by day by day.

I was a victim of the "drop out of school and go to work" mentality, thinking that 4 years of working would save more than spending time at university. I had planned to study pharmacy, then work for a pharmaceutical company, and when I was past working age, I would return home and open a pharmacy.

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However, my family flatly opposed my plan, saying, "I'm going to work anyway, wouldn't it be better to work 4 years in advance?" In the end, I had to give up my dream and pack up to work as a factory worker in Binh Duong.

When I first started working, needless to say, I struggled. I had to make ends meet, pay for food, rent, and save money to send home to my family. There was no day when I dared to spend more than 50,000 VND. Later, I got married, we both worked for the same company, and life had just stabilized when I had a child. When the child was born, there were so many things that came up: milk money, diaper money...

As soon as I weaned my child, I sent him back to my grandparents to help me take care of him so I could continue working, because if I quit to stay home and take care of him, my husband would not be able to handle it. While working, I missed my child, and every year I could only come home for Tet and a few other holidays. When my child grew up and started school, I wanted to bring him up here but couldn't because there was no one to take him there.

During summer vacation, if I want to bring my child to visit, my grandmother has to come with me to stay home and take care of the child while my husband and I go to work. After bringing my child up for two weeks, I can only stay home with him on Sundays, the rest of the time I have to work overtime until 8-9pm. What to say about my child, my husband and I work in the same company, live in the same house but can't even talk to each other because we have to work overtime until 11pm-12am and then go straight to sleep.

Thinking back, if I had been more determined, I wouldn't be in this situation now.

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