Shane Andrew Smith-05/29/2024

Journal Entry

7 Success After Prison

Self-Directed Response:
We don’t have many assets left because of my case and the financial toll it has taken on my family. But I do have a plan to rebuild, and it starts with a job I already have lined up, if the BOP will just let me out to get back to that job, back to my family, back to society. I have been poor, rich, and now poor again. I know what it takes to make it in this financial society we have and in the business world. It’s a world much like the government and society as a whole, it’s broken and divisive, but if you can navigate this world and this prison system, you can be successful in what you need to do. Money is critical to be able to live, to be able to buy food to eat, etc. but money is not what is most important. Too many people define success by the balance of their bank account or the total on the left side of their balance sheet. To the world, that is success, but to people who know better, it is not. I have a plan to make money, to take care of my family, and to retire, but I also have a plan to help others who are less fortunate. When you can do ALL that, you are successful!