Just a ramble about my career

I've been with my present employer nearly 8 months now. My hours are pathetic and my pay is even worse. I started as a weekender working in the stock rooms, I grew very bored of this very quickly due to have small the stock rooms and levels where, no real challenges there. I ended up nagging to be till trained so I could help on the shop floor in my spare time, eventually I they gave it to me so that was all very well. I was still on my measly 12 hour contract, so I was still miffed with that, So after two months I decided to change rolls and applied to be a visual merchandiser with no real background or knowledge of visual merchandising, I charmed my store manager with my can do attitude and bundles of creativity, I got the job which added an extra 20 hours to my contract, So all an all I was working full time which was lovely. I had 2 and a half glorious months back at full time work, which felt briefly like normality, Working up to 3 jobs a week in the store defiantly kept my mind of annoying dire housing situation (another story) but for reasons unknown my store manager reduced my hours from 32 down to 20, for some reason I don't think she liked the fact I was working two jobs, god knows why as it was no burden on me.  But yes now I'm on 20 hours a week spread over 5 days, which is pathetically annoying thank fuck i'm not travelling on the train anymore as I would more broke than I am already. But I can't cope doing such little hours I'm a man who likes to work hard and play hard, I'm used to working 45+ not 20. This is all concluding to my decision to leave a job I absolutely adore and progress in a new career outside of retail. I feel like I've hit a wall in retail and I can't progress any further, I need to focus on a real career plan and real job with a decent wage so I can start to sort out a pension, savings and debt clearance. I have hopefully lined up a job working in an insurance company with an amazing growth and career opportunities, which will begin the start of "real" life again. I'm looking forward to having my own roof over my head again something I haven't had in well over a year now. I have my fingers crossed for this change as I think it will better me in more ways than one I hope. The only reason I've stayed in my current job so much is down to a certain 4 people I work with I won't name names but two are from my department the others are sales floor a but those people are full heart, I hope to leave with them as my friends and stay in regular contact especially a certain someone but still I'm not naming names. Yes I try and be mysterious (I've most likely failed). But all i've ever wanted from live is steadiness which is harder than first anticipated, but I'm willing to get this even it takes me 10 years. Talk about will power hah.

James