I used to leave early to talk to people at the coffee shop and to buy books at the bookstore before going in. I used to go above and beyond on all of my duties. I think I need a change. I will hopefully be able to exit retail within a few years and find work in a lab after obtaining my graduate certificate in Biotech. I don’t know if that’ll be enough to start a new career but I hope to God it is. I’m on the spectrum and working retail has always been especially rough on me. But it was the only sector I could work in with a flexible schedule so that I could attend school/have time to myself when needed.