I’ve been getting some mail lately. Very strange since I’ve never given out my address, but no matter. So I thought that I’d do what Casey Kasem did back in the day and present them for you. Only instead of playing a song afterward, I would simply answer the question. Then I’d listen to a song afterward. Sound good?
The following letter is from an I. Stall of no fixed address. They write:
Dear Mike,
I’m trying to live eventually…an example would be how I’m working on eventually finding an address. But I just can’t get my head around “doing things eventually” and I’m wondering if you could explain it to me in a way I’d understand…like an analogy or a limerick? Thanks.
Sincerely, I. Stall
First off, I’ve already gone the limerick route and won’t be returning to it anytime soon. As for explaining Eventualism as an analogy…I’m not sure what that word even means. But what I can do is maybe draw a comparison between Eventualism and something else in the form of a story…and this other thing may seem different but it is actually much like Eventualism. I hope that will do instead.
Think of Eventualism and productivity as the two main characters in the fable The Tortoise and The Hare. Productivity is the tortoise and Eventualism is the hare. How’s that? Well, the tortoise (which represents productivity), is slow and steady and it “wins every time.” Plus, tortoises have renowned ninjas for cousins – and we’ve all heard about what ninjas like to do to their inboxes. Eventualism is the hare because, while it does not win the race, it gets across the finish line eventually. Plus, Eventualists like sleeping and eating.
I’m sure there are other comparison-stories such as this one, but I hope that one at least helps you in your quest to become more eventual.
If you’ve got a letter, just send it to me and I’ll answer it either here on the blog or on the An Eventual Life podcast. You could become internet-famous.
Now for some Bran Van 3000…
