Layoffs across my industry, where did you pivot? after 18 years as a retail manager

Many of the people I know in my field were laid off this year, including me as a retail manager. It has been a long 26 weeks. I have transferable skills but no direct experience elsewhere. How did you choose?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.