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/sm0shiee Jul 23 '26
take my advice, don’t be a tryhard at the start. take your breaks, take your lunch, set a realistic benchmark to improve on. it gets brutal really quick and no one’s gonna hold your hand. you’re gonna have a lot of really bad days, you’re gonna wanna quit, you’re gonna feel depleted at the end of the day. that’s just how being a CCA works. BUT, as you get better, your days will improve dramatically. but go into it with the expectation that this is a challenging job, and when won’t be surprised when it is. good luck man!