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My Story
The heart of The Explorer's Lens: the messy, unfiltered, and human story of how it all began. Here, founder Meindert shares his first-person logbook of ‘The Great Escape’—his family’s ‘Transformative Leap’ from a ‘perfectly’ unfulfilling life in Canada to a wildly uncertain but meaningful new chapter in Ireland. These stories are our ultimate proof that escaping the gilded cage isn't just possible, it's the beginning of the greatest adventure of all.


The Gilded Cage: My Escape from a Perfect Life
Ghosting Your Own Success. You built the perfect life: the career, the house, the routine. So why do you feel like a ghost haunting your own accomplishments? Discover the painful truth of polishing the bars and the courage it takes to tear it all down.
meindert steketee
Sep 175 min read
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