June 14th 2021 was my last day working as a store supervisor for a shoe retailer in my home town. After nearly 5 years in retail and working my way from minimum wage sales associate to slightly-higher-than-minimum wage key-holder, I learned that a future in retail wasn't going to cut it for me. But why would it? As a student aged zillenial, why would I even consider retail as the life-long path my career took? Well, I wasn't in school. One traumatic life-event in 2019 had me