by Rayband
Seventy-six days left! I’ve been here for fourteen months and twelve days. I’ve been counting down and planning a lot of stuff. I’m already knowing that nothing is the same out there. It’s the changes I’m going to have to get used to. I’m not worried about that because I’m ready to take the world head on. Being in here this long has made me ready to do anything. I’m not frail or afraid of anything. Being inside a cell for four hundred sixty-nine days straight will prepare you for lots of stuff.
I’m the oldest person in this whole facility and I’ve been here longer than anyone here. I can see the light. It’s within an arms’ reach and I’m just waiting to get a full grasp on the world, so I can work on myself as a person and overcome all my problems. While I’m in my cell I write to myself every day. I plan for the future and I prepare myself for my release date mentally.
People in here are weak minded. They cry over points, they cry because staff takes thirty minutes off their recreation and they throw a huge fit about it. But when they talk to their families they’re SUPER THUGS, who don’t care about anything. But all that is false because they can’t even be in their rooms for two hours without crying. They can’t even accept a tray in their rooms. How are they gangsters? No one has the answer because they don’t know their true selves and they’re living a life of lies until reality kicks in and they’re derailed by the truth!! STOP TRYING TO BE AL CAPONE OR TOOKIE WILLIAMS. BE YOURSELF!
My main goal is to be the best (ME) that I can be. I don’t want to be anyone else. I have a helpful tip to share with people and children/minors who are sitting in jail. Get a blank journal and write all your thoughts and, I mean, anything you think. I guarantee that you will find your true self through writing. I LEARNED THAT THROUGH THE BEAT WITHIN!