Embracing Life’s Deadline: Crafting Your Legacy Now

Craig Stanland
5 min readApr 25, 2024

What makes life rich and meaningful?

Towards the end of his life, an interviewer asked Norman Mailer (American novelist, journalist, playwright, filmmaker, and Pulitzer Prize winner) if he had any regrets.

One may think he’d list some common regrets: more time with family, less time working, or more time in nature.

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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.