Kairos Time

In this week's P.O. Box:

I’m really starting to feel the crunch of the season approaching. We are down to essentially four full weeks before Labor Day and Week 1 prep and I feel like I have a million things to do before we arrive there.

These are always the trickiest times for me because everything I’m working on and doing is very fun, but I also have the tendency to turn everything into a productivity exercise in a way that prevents me from fully enjoying it all in the moment.

I recently read a wonderful little book by Anne-Laure Le Cunff called Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World. I didn’t want to bore everyone with it as an official PO Box Book Club selection, but a lot of her insights resonated with me.

I really needed to hear this:

She also touched on this Greek concept of “Kairos time” (living in time) in opposition to “chronos” (measuring time). The former highlights the importance of being present:

I’ve noticed that the more organized I am, the more I’m able to prevent my mind from constantly trying to move on to the next thing and clear the decks.

Consider this a public “sticky note” to myself to stay present the next month and live in Kairos time.

💸 DEPOSIT KINGDOM: A fantasy wizard reveals his edge after a thousand drafts. Sackreligious reveals things he's learned from the sims at ‪Legendary Upside‬ and how he's applying those lessons in his 2025 Underdog drafts

🤓 FANTASY LIFE: Weekly Roundup. This week we played a game of “Panic, Pump, Pause” on four training camp risers/fallers, identified three super sleeper rookie RBs, and analyzed the Jets confusing backfield. I also wrote a separate piece on 4 mistakes surrounding ADP that drafters are making.

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☕️ BEST BALL BREAKFAST: 6 Drafts For $2M With Best Ball Sharks. Special guest Dwain McFarland from Fantasy Life joins at the end.

🎉 BEST BALL BASH + RANDOMIZER: Drafts W/ A Pro Sports Bettor & A Music Man. This show has range.

⏰ OFF & ON THE CLOCK: We Snagged Our Favorite Stack In 2 Drafts. The fellas rip off two drafts in the new Husky contest ($40, 10-max) on Underdog.

🚢SHIP CHASING: Cranking Purple For $300K (+ A New Clip Reveal). Go see who is cursed in 2025!

☣️ LOLZ: The “Do You Know Ball Debate” Is Back. Topics include: MLB betting scandal, ball knowing, a Chicago sports betting tax, and Gilbert Arenas.

💪 THE SWOLECAST: Fantasy Games, Trivia & Hot Taeks W/ A Special Guest. Questionable decision by Ron to agree to do this show.

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📈 ADP CHASING: Where To Select The Latest ADP Risers/Fallers In Drafts. Topics discussed: Joe Mixon and Nick Chubb injuries, positive rookie drumbeats, and negative news.

No shows until Monday’s Best Ball Breakfast. I’m off to Florida today for the Ship Chasing draft weekend.

As I finish up the walking book by Craig Mod, I already scooped up our next book club selection:

🚶 Book #6 for August (HAVEN’T STARTED): Playworld: A Novel by Adam Ross.

I heard this recommended by Chris Ryan on The Watch Podcast, who also referenced that John Mulaney recommended it:

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • A big and big-hearted novel—one enthralling, transformative year in the life of a child actor coming of age in a bygone Manhattan, from the critically acclaimed author of Mr. Peanut

🚶 Book #6 for July (75%): Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir by Craig Mod.

There’s a lot going on in this book, and my attention has wandered at times, but some of the slice-of-life vignettes are so gorgeous. The waitress with the shaky hands who moves around her Kissa like a marionette. The mid-night panic of having blacked out and needing water. The description of a tsunami-ravaged coastal town.

Mostly, I appreciate how much space long walks leave for thinking and contemplation.

☁️ Book #5 for June (COMPLETED): Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
🐊 Book #4 for May (COMPLETED): Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner
🍌 Book #3 for April (COMPLETED): The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America’s Banana King by Rich Cohen
💉 Book #2 for March (FINISHED): Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe.
🐃 Book #1 for February (FINISHED): The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry

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