3 Gifts of Adversity I Received After Going to Federal Prison

Craig Stanland
3 min readDec 20, 2022

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”

Kenji Miyazawa

Something happened you wish hadn’t.

Life didn’t go according to plan. You’re lost, you’re alone, and you don’t know what the hell to do.

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Craig Stanland

I write about my journey from corporate success to federal prison and finding joy, mission, meaning, and fulfillment beyond professional and financial success.