Paint pictures with words

So I’m writing an essay on how bookstores have changed in the digital age. I’ve been going primarily off my own experience of 5 years in small city indie bookshop but I’d be interested in your experience too!

A couple of things to consider,

Does your store use social media? Does what’s posted on social media affect the store sales that you know of?

How has the store changed in terms of stock? Are you carrying more non-book lines? Ie. toys for children, games, stationery, giftware etc. 

Hey!

Ask questions! If you don't understand something, don't say you do and hope you'll get it along the way. If you don't get it, then ask, that way people aren't finding the mistakes and such later.

There's likely going to be a lot to learn, between the POS system and sections and ordering and such, depending on how much your store let's the employees handle that sort. You're not going to be able to learn everything in one day. It's gonna take a couple months until you're confident in what you're doing. But you'll get there!

Don't overthink it too much, a bookstore is a wonderful place to be. Often customers are easier because they want to be there and people like the space. Makes the experience wholly better.

I have a new channel on YouTube!

The problem I've come to realize that when talking about ADHD or an aspect of it, people are often to say "everyone does that" and while that may be true, as people have varying degrees of levels of focus, when combined with a number of other factors, like feeling like your mind is on a treadmill and 100 things are happening and forgetting what you were saying while you were saying it (these are only a few examples), they often produce what is called as ADHD. But because of that idea that everyone does that, it trivializes the struggles of those with ADHD.