The right time does not exist. What exists is the moment when the cost of staying exceeds the cost of leaving — and that threshold is different for everyone. Stefano never waited for the perfect moment for any of his choices: he waited for the moment when the discomfort of staying had become stronger than the fear of leaving. If you wake up every morning with a weight on your chest that has nothing to do with tiredness, if the problem is not the day but the system you live in, the moment is now.
What the letters say
From Letter 01 — Here we go again
One night, I wrote it in a hotel, in a country I don't even remember, in a notebook no one has ever read: "I've never gotten one wrong. But I've never persisted. I've always waited for an easy result only to quit like an idiot."
But this time I won't leave these words in the notebook.
From Letter 02 — Choosing who to be
There's a precise moment when everything changes. Not when you understand what's wrong. You already know that. It changes when you decide that the old you isn't coming with you anymore. When you leave him there, with his habits, his fears, his excuses. And you start walking alone toward someone who doesn't exist yet but who you already feel inside. From that moment the game becomes something else. It becomes beautiful. Hard, but beautiful. Because the struggle finally has meaning. And like everything worth having, it takes practice
From Letter 03 — The price no one wants to pay
The answer was: "It's not the right time."
In that moment I had two paths. Accept and continue as an employee. Or leave without knowing what I would do next.