Getting out of retail

A 30-day plan to start getting out of retail

Four weeks will not transform your life, but they can replace a vague wish with evidence, a shortlist and focused applications.

You do not need a five-year plan. You need a direction worth testing and one action you can repeat this week.

Your thirties can make the years in retail feel permanent. They are evidence, not a sentence.

A realistic exit has four parts: evidence, options, proof and applications. Here is how to build each one.

Retail management is not just running a shop. Separate the portable evidence from the retail setting.

A plan built for neat evenings will collapse around retail rotas. Build one for the week you actually have.

No degree does not mean no options. It means checking requirements carefully and building proof where it matters.

When work has used all your energy, a huge career plan is the wrong tool. Make the next action smaller.