Navigating Midlife’s Crossroads: From Conformity to Authentic Self-Discovery

Craig Stanland
2 min readMay 3, 2024

Far too many of us reach a point at midlife where we’ve traveled so far from ourselves that we’ve become unrecognizable to ourselves.

Life doesn’t feel right; things feel off.

We look at what we’ve created, take inventory, and ask,

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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.