IS IT JUST ME, OR...: ISSUE #2

What would you do with your time if you were actually free?

June 19, 2025

Welcome to the first issue of the WTFT Newsletter.

When I walked across Europe, I didn’t expect instant answers. But I thought I’d create a business and prove something by the finish line.

I didn’t.

The business didn’t land, and I got confused about what to do with all this walking-and-thinking time that no longer had a clear purpose.

Eventually, I found something more valuable: a different way to live. Not a radical break. Not another reinvention. Just a deeper form of purpose.

Clarity crept in, not all at once, but in pieces while I moved. That became the foundation for a new life:

I live. I think. I share. That’s it.
If it helps someone else get honest sooner, that’s a bonus.

🔍 INTROSPECTION — When You Finally Have Time, What Surfaces?

After walking 6,000km, I suddenly had time.
No early mornings. No stages to finish. No need to rest.

But instead of answers or a successful business what surfaced was the need to reinvent myself… and WTFT.

I wasn’t sure how to position this adventure anymore.
The original plan hadn’t worked out.
And I wasn’t in crisis, just unclear on what I really wanted now.

The hardest part?
Not having a plan for the day.
No goal to chase. Just time and uncertainty.

Is it just me, or do we only realize how lost we are when there’s finally nothing urgent to do?

Question worth walking with:
If no one was watching, and money was covered, what would you want your days to look like?

🧠 MINDSET — The Guilt of Free Time

Even when I had space in my schedule, my brain didn’t know how to handle it. I felt guilty for not producing and executing the plan. As if free time had to be justified.

Turns out, we don’t just need time freedom.
We need permission to feel okay using it.

Especially after years of defining value by output.

Is it just me, or do we confuse freedom with laziness the minute we stop optimizing something?

Reframe:
Maybe it’s not about getting more time…
Maybe it’s first about using the time we have in ways that feel aligned.

💸 MONEY— You Don’t Need Millions to Buy Back Your Time

Most people think time freedom comes with a high price tag.
And yes, money matters.

But it’s not just about how much you have.
It’s about how much you need and what you’ll do once you reach that threshold.

Is it just me, or do we chase time freedom while making choices that pull us further from it?

Maybe it’s not about a total reinvention.
Maybe it’s about getting clear on what actually matters to us, and adjusting our life accordingly..

🚶‍♂️ FROM THE ROAD - More Time in Tavira

These days, I’m not crossing countries.
But the experiment continues.

The goal was never to escape routine.
It was to stop living on autopilot.

Now, I just try to do things on purpose.
With attention. With alignment.

That’s real freedom: doing what actually feels right.

Some days that means exploring or planning a new bucket list item.
Other days, it’s just thinking over a quiet coffee by the Gilão river.

Some parts may look flashy and others boring from the outside.
But it works for me.
And finding your real balance, that’s what counts.

📺 THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

I walked 6,000km across Europe as a metaphor for building a business.

Episodes 5 and 6 about crossing Estonia and the Road to Riga have been published.

Live well, everybody. The adventure continues.
—Franck

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