The Power of Acceptance: Turning Midlife Regrets into Opportunities

Craig Stanland
2 min readApr 19, 2024

You wish you were younger.

You wish you didn’t hate your job.

You wish you had taken that chance on your dreams years ago.

You spend so much time wishing for things to be anything other than they are, and it feels like progress.

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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.