17 Jul 3 Surprising Solutions for Overthinking
Worry and stress and anxiety … all common parts of the human experience, but also all common enemies of the happiness experience.
It’s hard to be happy if or when you’re worried all the time, and a bit part of worry and anxiety is overthinking.
It makes sense, then, that finding a solution to overthinking will go a long way to finding a solution to more happiness …
via Psychology Today by Alice Boyes
If you think in-depth, you probably find that your tendency to overthink is both a strength and a weakness.
You may desire to retain the benefits of thoughtfulness while eliminating the self-defeating aspects of overthinking.
Attempt one of these three techniques to achieve that. Choose whichever strategy naturally appeals to you.
1. Execute once, then optimize.
Try taking this approach: Whenever you do anything for the first time, don’t try to optimize it. Instead, adopt the approach that you will execute once, with basic thinking, then optimize your approach the second and subsequent times you do whatever it is.
For example, I recently decided to buy a choline supplement. I got bogged down in factors like which brand to buy, which dose, which form, where to buy it from, and when. By employing the execute once approach, I selected an acceptable option, aware that I could obsess about the best choice during my next purchase.
The benefits? You’ll make quicker decisions, and probably learn more through your experience than from delaying…
… keep reading the full & original article HERE