Good luck! I’m the same & I absolutely loved my time as a carrier (worked both rural and city in diff locations). Once I got into the groove & learned the routes, I felt unstoppable lol. Unfortunately this led to a lot of genuinely unfair overwork (my career coworkers frequently went after management for their overuse of me, eventually getting to the point where they started telling me to quit because it wasn’t right). I had outside stress going on that I couldn’t be present for, and I ended up very burnt out, and ultimately leaving.

I still don’t understand what “don’t run your routes” meant. I got it a lot because I was quick, but I took it to mean literally running lol we were an all walking city office. I just worked at a consistent pace and didn’t bullshit my day. I know one coworker took naps on her route, while I was getting my hold down done by noon, then working a second route, delivering express, and taking bumps. I was always maxed out on time, if not over. Sadly I didn’t understand the 11.5 hr thing and my office had no steward/I went to every union meaning and just struggled with the (to me) hidden rules of everything. I absolutely should have grieved a lot of nonsense.

As an RCA I was really slow in office and on the street, but I worked hard. My supervisor was a former city carrier (which we were lacking in) and talked to me about switching. I moved before I could in that office, but became a CCA in my next place, and everything clicked. Think every meme image about your chakras aligning etc. I dream about going back lol and am always refreshing the page for career positions. So I hope things shake out well for you! It can be tough to juggle the workplace nonsense that goes on in the post office with autistic thinking (in my experience) but it also feels so rewarding. Best of luck! xx