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Breaking Free from the Rat Race: How Meaningful Living Slows Down Time

Craig Stanland
2 min readMar 8, 2024

Life feels very short, and time moves very fast when we spend most of our time doing things we don’t enjoy and that are devoid of meaning.

Our lives become a series of to-do’s, obligations, and activities to distract ourselves from our inner emptiness.

We exist, but we don’t live.

When we connect with a mission and purpose and take meaningful action toward it, our experience of time deepens — life becomes richer and more profound.

We’re no longer floating on the surface of time, watching the years roll by, but instead actively engaging in life.

Time goes by with or without us; we choose how to invest it.

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My memoir, “Blank Canvas, How I Reinvented My Life After Prison” is available on Amazon.

“Blank Canvas” is for anyone trapped in prison cells of unworthiness, inadequacy, shame, regret, and fear who want to free themselves so they can reinvent their lives with courage, purpose, meaning, freedom, and peace.

James Altucher, best-selling author of Skip the Line, Choose Yourself and Reinvent Yourself had this to say about “Blank Canvas.”

“Craig has lived a story NOBODY would ever want to live. I was riveted to each page because I kept asking myself, “How would I handle this?” and I didn’t know the answers. Craig takes us into hell, and then we ride with him on the journey back. Great story, great writing, great human being.”

I’m a Reinvention Architect & Mindset Coach. I work 1:1 with my clients to unleash their full potential and connect with their life’s calling so they can live the lives they’ve always imagined.

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Craig Stanland
Craig Stanland

Written by Craig Stanland

From corporate success to federal prison, I share my journey to rediscover joy, meaning, and purpose. Join me in reinventing your extraordinary second act!

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