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Я собираюсь literally means I am getting ready / I am planning / I intend. In modern colloquial Russian it most often corresponds to English I’m going to (in the sense of intention).
- Я собираюсь выйти пораньше = I’m planning / I intend to leave early.
It emphasizes the decision or plan that already exists now.
Compare:
Я выйду пораньше. – I will leave early.
A simple future statement; it can sound more like a neutral prediction or promise, without focusing on the planning aspect.Я буду выходить пораньше. – I will be leaving early (habitually / repeatedly).
This suggests a repeated action in the future (e.g. from now on, I’ll start leaving earlier every day).
So in the given sentence, я собираюсь is good because the speaker is talking about a specific plan they have now for what they will do soon.