> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.wtft.life/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # “I’ll happily pay the price.” - URL: https://www.wtft.life/ill-happily-pay-the-price/ - Published: 2026-07-30T11:15:07.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-01T19:04:33.000Z - Author: Franck @ WTFT - Tags: Decisions, Life, Perspectives, Across Europe on Foot ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7d/01/7d0190e6-0d1d-48b4-ad5a-f339e47871ca/content/images/2026/07/IMG_8817-1.jpg) Some mornings, the price was simply taking the next step. “Don’t you sometimes feel like staying in bed?” People often asked me this while I was walking 6,000 kilometres across Europe. **Of course I did.** Some mornings, it was raining before I had taken the first step. My feet hurt. I was already tired. My next accommodation was 25 kilometres away, and nobody was coming to collect me. Staying in bed sounded much better than walking. But I had chosen to cross Europe on foot. > **Fatigue, discomfort, repetition and difficult weather were not signs that the plan had failed. They were included in the choice.** And I had already decided that I would happily pay that price. --- ## The assumption > **We often treat difficulty as evidence that something has gone wrong.** If the career change is right, it should feel exciting. If the relationship is right, difficult conversations should not be necessary. If we are capable of learning something, we should not feel incompetent. > **We want the outcome but remain surprised or resentful when its predictable price arrives.** --- ## The perspective shift > **The price is not an obstacle standing between you and the objective. It is part of pursuing it.** A wet morning was not preventing me from walking across Europe. It was one of the mornings included in walking across Europe. Feeling incompetent does not necessarily mean you lack ability. It may be part of becoming competent. An uncomfortable conversation does not necessarily mean a relationship is failing. It may be part of making it better. Accepting the price changes the question. You stop asking: **Do I still want this now that it has become difficult?** And start asking: **How do I pay today’s part of the price?** That does not make the effort disappear. It prevents every predictable difficulty from reopening the entire decision. --- ## Look again Willingness to pay a price does not guarantee success. Some objectives are unrealistic. Some prices are excessive or destructive. New information may justify changing the route or abandoning the objective entirely. WTFT does not mean continuing blindly. It means examining the bargain honestly: > **Do I want this enough to accept what it is realistically likely to require?** If the answer is no, walking away may be the right choice. **I didn’t enjoy every difficult morning.** **I had simply chosen a purpose that made them worth enduring.** Walk your talk, Franck **P.S.:** - *What do you say you want and which part of its price are you still hoping to avoid?* Reply and tell me. I read every response. - If someone else needs this perspective, forward it to them. They can [join WTFT here](https://www.wtft.life/#/portal/signup). - WTFT is free for everyone. If you would like to support the experiments behind it, you can [buy me a coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/wtft?ref=wtft.life).