by JS, Sacramento
For me personally, it’s challenging for me to prepare for something because I don’t really prepare. I just do whatever it is when the time comes for me to do that thing. Something that I am preparing for is me to do a little bit of time and really focus on what I got planned for when I get home, and how I will turn my life around.
The steps I will need to take to be a very successful person after my incarceration is first – I want to finish college and get my degree in something like a counselor, to help people out who have a lot on their mind and need someone to talk to. Next, I’m going to get my ID. Also, my driver’s license, so I can buy my own car and be able to get around without depending on nobody for help, or to take me here and there.
After that, I’m going to find me a good job where they pay good and it’s something I love. After, I’m going to get my own apartment until I save up for a house I can own. Then I want to meet me a nice, pretty woman who is going to love me for me and like going places and have fun.
And who is serious about us. Then get married, live the good, child-free life for like three years. Then start to settle down and have around like my first two kids and be the best father I can be to my kids, even if it takes more time for a better outcome of it.
My consequences of me failing all of my preparation is me coming back home after doing time in the same mindset of me finding an easy way to come get it, or still trying to be fully committed to the gang life that I was in before I went down to jail. Also, me doing dumb things like violation of my probation or me still doing dumb things I was doing to get myself in trouble.