YOU SAID:
I could always do my own thing.
INTO JAPANESE
私はいつも自分のことをすることができました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was always able to do my own thing.
INTO JAPANESE
私はいつも自分のことをすることができました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was always able to do my own thing.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.