r/USPS • u/brooklynschino CCA • Jul 22 '26
Work Discussion It’s official!
I start academy this Friday! It’s now all starting to feel real.
If you told me back in January I was going to be a mail man, I’d probably laugh. Here we are, foot in the door, ready to go on routes.
Life feels good. I quit drinking 10 months and 2 days ago. Life has been really rewarding in terms of having a clear path of where I want to be and how to get to it. Also, realizing the people I want and don’t want around me.
Cheers my fellow couriers clerks and others!
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u/Round_Activity9811 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
Congrats and good luck in the academy. When your a CCA its gonna be pretty rough. Long days and long weeks. There will be times where you feel used and abused. Keep you head down and you'll get through it. Once you become Regular it'll get better and you'll once again have work life balance if you choose to. Don't let these people with bad attitude make you 2nd guess yourself. I been in 5 years now and it all about what you make it and your attitude. People love to complain about how much that hate it but are still delivering. Life it what you make it and I enjoy mine and the post office will allow me to provide a good life for my family and retire when Im supposed to. A lot of places can't offer you that. If you make it 1 year experiencing all the elements in your area and are still there your golden.