Try Again
An Ex-Con's Path from Prison to Prosperity
Nick Marshall
- Fans
- of
- redemption
- stories
- will
- love
- this
- brutally
- honest
- personal
- account
- of
- a
- climb
- from
- failure
- to
- fortune.Nick
- Marshall
- was
- not
- exactly
- your
- average
- twenty-one-year-old
- from
- New
- Jersey.
- After
- serving
- three
- years
- in
- prison
- for
- armed
- robbery,
- he
- was
- still
- fairly
- young
- upon
- his
- release,
- but
- wondered
- what
- kind
- of
- life
- he
- could
- lead
- as
- an
- ex-con.
- As
- he
- soon
- came
- to
- find,
- life
- on
- parole
- had
- its
- limits,
- but
- he
- was
- fortunate
- enough
- to
- have
- a
- salaried
- job,
- a
- roof
- over
- his
- head,
- and
- a
- car.
- Yet
- something
- still
- tugged
- at
- him:
- his
- yearning
- to
- be
- an
- artist.
- Aware
- of
- the
- immense
- time
- and
- effort
- it
- would
- take
- to
- fulfill
- such
- a
- dream,
- he
- gave
- up
- his
- safety
- net
- and
- took
- his
- place
- at
- the
- bottom
- of
- the
- totem
- pole
- in
- the
- hospitality
- industry.What
- Nick
- did
- not
- expect
- was
- for
- a
- series
- of
- jobs
- in
- bars
- and
- restaurants
- to
- catapult
- him
- into
- the
- exciting
- yet
- treacherous
- world
- of
- New
- York
- City
- nightlife.
- By
- connecting
- with
- all
- of
- the
- right
- movers,
- shakers,
- gatekeepers,
- and
- the
- like,
- he
- began
- to
- blaze
- a
- new
- trail.
- Before
- he
- knew
- it,
- he
- was
- a
- power
- player
- who
- had
- it
- all—or
- so
- he
- thought.
- He
- began
- to
- question
- if
- trips
- to
- Saint-Tropez,
- infinite
- freebies,
- and
- celebrity-like
- treatment
- were
- enough
- to
- let
- the
- dream
- that
- started
- it
- all
- take
- a
- backseat.
- Yet
- again,
- he
- found
- himself
- ready
- to
- make
- a
- major
- sacrifice.Try
- Again:
- An
- Ex-Con’s
- Path
- from
- Prison
- to
- Prosperity
- is
- the
- inspirational
- story
- of
- one
- man’s
- climb
- back
- into
- society
- as
- the
- woes
- of
- post-prison
- life
- kept
- kicking
- him
- down.
- It
- is
- a
- recount
- of
- the
- lessons
- he
- learned—how
- being
- blinded
- by
- the
- limelight
- cost
- him
- everything
- he
- worked
- so
- hard
- for,
- as
- well
- as
- his
- mental
- health
- and
- stability.
- Try
- Again
- won’t
- just
- speak
- to
- the
- formerly
- incarcerated;
- it
- is
- for
- anyone
- looking
- to
- start
- anew
- when
- it
- feels
- utterly
- impossible.
- This
- must
- read
- is
- proof
- that
- sometimes
- reckless
- mistakes
- are
- the
- ones
- that
- can
- change
- our
- lives indefinitely.
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