There are many reasons why you overthink and multiple reasons why you are overthinking at any given time. Maybe you have analysis paralysis or decision fatigue. Maybe you’re worried about messing up or wasting time. Maybe it’s something new and you don’t feel like you know enough to proceed or you don’t think you will …
If you are stuck in a cycle of overthinking and can’t get away, there are a few techniques that you can do right where you are that can help center your mind.
Whether overthinking is a daily occurrence to you or only happens on occasion, knowing how to handle it so it doesn’t overtake any more of your life than it already has is key.
Overthinkers are deep thinkers, looking beyond the surface to work on truly understanding the world around us. There can be upsides to the traits of overthinkers, but the hold they have on our daily lives can inhibit us. Coming to terms with being an overthinker and the impact it has on your life can be …
Seeing the upside of overthinking is not meant to make light of the everyday stress of being an overthinker. It can feel as though your life is controlled by the thoughts in your head, and making even the small task feel like a burden. But there are aspects of overthinking that are beneficial, the goal …
Our lives are filled with moments where we are asked to make a decision. Some are small, such as deciding if we should order coffee with our breakfast. Others are bigger, such as deciding if we should accept a new job offer or putting in an offer on a house. Just because every decision does …
It is easy to equate flowers as an item you buy for someone else. Something you give others at the end of a performance, as an act of romance, as a gesture of congratulations, or when we just want to give them something beautiful to make them smile. But you deserve to bring beauty into …
Each of us has things in our life that we want to do but we have convinced ourselves we cannot do. Maybe it’s due to fear of trying something new or fear of failing. Possibly it’s because you think you wouldn’t be any good at it so it’s not worth the effort. Or maybe because …
Don’t overthink trying to find something to buy someone, celebrations are not about things they are about memories.
There are lots of reasons why you may be putting off doing something. We may choose not to look into what those reasons are and would rather put off doing what we should do. It can be easier to do what we enjoy or what is familiar to us. But there are things we may …