Sitting With It: Introspections After My First Interview.

God bless the fucking internet. Really.

My name is Walid. A name so impossible to pronounce by the snobby europeans with an incline to look at arabs as the Souk vendors in Agatha Christie’s “Death On The Nile”, yet a very “elegant” one to those same europeans once their peers start standing to shake your hand.

I’m 22 years old. I am nowhere near being a success story or even calling myself one in any realm of life. Yet I can acknowledge when something is not a complete waste of time.

The Time-Telling magazine is the first thing I’ve done that has had some kind of real impact on people’s lives.

It gave people a voice. It gave me a voice. It gave people a purpose. It gave me purpose. It gave people a new passion. It gave me the privilege of making my passion bigger than just a hobby.

Today, the 21st of May 2025, my first ever interview was published by Full Set Magazine.

Now you understand why I had that moment of introspection ?

I discovered Full Set Magazine on Instagram about two months ago. An up and coming watch magazine/blog that focuses on the people. Not the new releases, not luxury group CEOs’ drama… just the coolest people. Almost everybody that was featured on Full Set, was a friend of mine ! Julien Toretto, Lazy Watch… VERY cool people.

After a small exchange of compliments and “good luck” wishes, Mr. Joakim – Full Set’s editor in chief – and I exchanged numbers and got to the real work: reminiscing over childhood memories and uncovering the not-so-alluring parts of running this whole thing by myself.

I will not be spoiling anything since I really want all of you guys to read the full piece. But It’s more on the emotional side for sure. So if you’re interested in this very ambitious and very proud individual that might sometimes come off as egocentric for his unapologetic dedication – yours truly – then please click here to read the full interview.

Will I be making my kids read this in 10 years ? You bet.

PS: I’ll leave with the longer version of my answers to some of my favourite questions from Mr. Joakim.