Hello! Has anyone else here ever felt what it's like to get past their breaking point?
I don't know if any of you have ever had an out of body experience before, but that's what it felt like to me. I had that moment in the Fall of 2024. In an attempt to maintain my daily life wearing all the hats that I had to wear over a few years of hardship, I finally lost it.
I didn't know what to do, or how to do it.
I was numb to everything and everyone around me.
From the end of Pandemic until then, it was...a lot.
The lows of not being sure if you would have a child, to learning you would be a parent. That definitely wasn't without complications.
Right after our child arrived, things went up a notch.
Cancer returned in my Father, and it was vengeful. Alzheimer's finally convinced my Grandfather to stop fighting. I lost them both when I needed them most.
Because we weren't having enough fun, I managed to tear my left quadriceps completely off the bone and fracture my knee cap while on a walk with the family on a Sunday morning. Completely insane thing. It took me 285 days of rehab to get back.
(And I wasn't exactly killing it at work during this time, either.)
Grief. Parenthood. Injury. Burnout. Stress. Expectations. All of it. All the time. Everyday.
I had enough. I was tired - and I was tired of being tired.
The only way to describe what happened on that cold October morning was I finally said - enough of enough. I am done. How can I take control of myself back? How can I find a way to get through all of this and find myself on the other end?
After about an hour of some deep soul searching and listing every part of my life on a white board, I figured some things out.
I knew who I wanted to spend time with, and just as important - who I didn't need to spend time with.
I had the harsh reality of putting in writing what I'd been thinking for ages - my job wasn't for me. It was compounding the other stressors. We need to find a safer place to make a living.
I wasn't doing enough for my health, mental or physical. So some lifestyle changes were needed.
And above all else...
All these people in my life that I want to help can't be helped if I am not helping myself.
Everything I was looking at was my new to-do list for life. It was all my people, passions and priorities in one place - and some of those people, passions and priorities didn't need to be there anymore.
I took a picture of my white board, sent it to my wife - What do you think?
"I think you're handwriting is terrible. But also - this is really amazing that you did this."
She also said - "I think something like this could help a lot of people."
There was the lightbulb moment.
That's what Conquering Change is.
It is the game plan I used to get out of the gutter, to stop feeling sorry for myself, and take some control back when the world feels like it is always against you.
So, what did I do with this information? I took action.
I found a new job. I started meditating 4-5 times a week. I eliminated some people from my life who would be detractors or distractors. I cleaned up my diet (edges of the grocery store, only!) and cut back on those vices that I used to live for.
And as time has gone on? It's made me a happier person, which has made me better for those around me who depend on me.
I cannot promise you that every person's experience will go this way - and it shouldn't. We are all different people, different memories, different triggers, etc.
But if this e-book can help one other human being going through any of those kinds of struggles? That would be amazing.
And the concept of these changes being a "Mid Life Opportunity" is why this business exists. I'll have other information coming your way going forward across our newsletter, socials, and other new products in 2026.
Thanks for reading this far. Thanks for being here. Thanks for being curious - about us, about you, about life, all of it.
-Chris