I am wanting to accomplish getting my education going again while I am in prison I have been able to get my GED done and will finish the V.T. electrical program by the end of “24. I am going to get right back in to the elect. program at the college in my home town when I am released. To get that done I will have to get my FASFA application done right away and have already been in contact with administration staff from my community college. I am also going to get my bachelors in business administration. I am not sure at this point what I am going to do for a job to keep me financially stable as soon as I am out there but I have started reaching out to people for some resources that might be helpful. I am still looking at looking at being in prison for about 19-22 months. I have been looking at this time as me being in a education campus and utilizing every opportunity to get into any and every class. I know that I needed to start working on my re-entry plans little by little since the beginning. I have a great support system that will help me with some financial & emotional support with things I may need. My way of thinking has completely changed from any other time I have been incarcerated for the simple fact that I have no reservations to do “one more hustle or this last time and then ill be done” I am completely done with that stinking thinking and I am putting fourth the work to get things started for a successful and positive future. My plan is getting me closer to being able to accomplish the start of re-entry and this P.E.E.R support program is helping me to start thinking of other things that are important and asking myself questions that push me further in detail for my success plans. I know I have begun to change in a big way since I set these goals for myself on how I was going to do this prison time. I see it everyday that I push myself to get up with the sun to go to class. I see it when I make time to study instead of going to rec. I know I am also developing a better way of doing things when I am struggling with my class work and I push through to figure out the answers instead of giving up or making excuses to do something else. I know I have a very long journey ahead of me to change how I have thought and lived in my past. Having these positive supports in place like this program are going to be huge now and in the yrs ahead.
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