The Lifespan of 'Eventually'

"I'll do it eventually"—with this act, you have let one more life slip away today.

"Eventually" is a living thing.
It is born, it grows, and then, most of the time, it dies without anyone there to witness its final moments.

Its average lifespan depends on the content, but at the fastest, it is 3 days and 17 hours.—This is a figure I calculated myself.

Right now, there should be several terminal cases of "eventually" rolling around inside you, too.
Decluttering, working out, watching that 'Watch Later' YouTube video, and so on.

Basic knowledge of the organism known as "eventually"

"Eventually" begins to age the moment it is created

You create an "eventually." The moment you do, the clock starts ticking—and it never stops. That is aging.

Strangely, "eventually" is at its most energetic the moment it is born.
Bathed in plenty of nourishment called determination, it sparkles.
But by the next morning, 80% of that radiance is already lost.

The difference from "someday"—they look similar, but are different species

"Eventually" and "someday" are as different as salmon and tuna mayo when it comes to convenience store rice balls. They come in similar packaging, but the contents are completely different.

"Someday" is dead from the start.

The moment it hits the shelf, its expiration date is marked as "TBD." No one seriously expects anything from it.

On the other hand, "eventually" is different.

There is no funeral. The date of death is unknown. By the time you notice, you can't even remember when it died. It disappears the most quietly. That is "eventually".

"Eventually" cause-of-death ranking

As a result of observing the scene for many years, the causes of death generally converge into three categories.

3rd Place: Swipe Death
There is a phenomenon where the moment you set a smartphone reminder thinking you'll do it eventually, you feel relieved for some reason.
At the moment you set it, your brain processes it as "already finished"—
it's a bad habit. The notification will eventually ring. But it is swiped away in three seconds, and it quietly breathes its last.

2nd Place: Generational Replacement Death
When a new "eventually" is born, the old "eventually" is automatically killed. This is not survival of the fittest. It is simply a matter of memory capacity.
There is no box that can hold an infinite amount. If you shove new clothes in, the clothes in the back are naturally compressed—and forgotten along with their existence.

It wasn't your negligence that killed the old "eventually".
It's just that the new "eventually" was cuter.

1st Place: Weathering Death

'I'll do it eventually'—if you leave it for three months, the label changes to 'It's too late to do it now.' The content is the same. But within you, it is processed as something else.
It wasn't the deadline or an overwrite that killed it. It was time itself.
Just by the passing of days, 'eventually' rots and dies on its own.
And the troublesome part is that, for some reason, a rotten 'eventually' is the hardest to lay to rest. A mysterious pride that says 'it would be strange to do it now' keeps the corpse in your closet forever.
No one laid a hand on it, yet you realize it's dead—it is the quietest and cruelest way to die.

Your own 'eventually' must have died from one of these causes as well. If you can think of any, that is normal. In fact, you should be suspicious of anyone who says they don't have any.

The death of 'eventually' can be prevented. The way to prevent it is surprisingly simple.

I will start with the conclusion. There is actually only one cure for 'eventually'.
Do it right now, or forget it right now.

It is one or the other. There is no middle ground.
What you thought was the middle ground is usually just decay by the name of 'procrastination'.

You only need one criterion for judgment.'Can I do it right now?'

If you can do it, you should do it right now. If you cannot, forget it. The moment you decide to forget it, it is no longer 'eventually.' It simply becomes a story of the past.

'Eventually' is not a bad thing.

Rather, it is proof that you truly desired something. Proof will weather away if left alone. That is all there is to it.

By tomorrow, a new 'eventually' will have been born. And that is fine.