How to stop overthinking everything

I don’t actually know. I do this by default.

Sometimes to combat over thinking I’ll do something rash and impulsive. Damn the consequences. That’s not really a cure for overthinking. That’s just a pendulum swing in the other direction. It’s still chaotic it’s just a different flavor of chaos.

The co-dependent in me wants to run my overthinking by someone else. That way they can help me make a decision. Or call me crazy and tell me what to do. That way it can be their fault if it goes poorly. If it goes well, well then I was right to ask them.

Sometimes I’ve had success. Just stopping. Getting up and walking away. Thinking about something else for a while. Sometimes the solution will pop into my head randomly later on while I’m focused on something else.

Sometimes I just need to trust my first couple thoughts. The solution is probably something I’ve already thought of and I’m more likely anyway to do one of my first ideas.

Care less, is another strategy. Get existential and think about how little this thing matters in the long run. It doesn’t matter at all if you think big enough. Nothing matters if you think big enough. Which is a slippery slope into a catatonic state. I have to pull myself back from the brink and try to right size the problem. How important is it? How important is it to right now? Next week? Next year? Try to give it the appropriate amount of time based on how important it is and them move on.

Do I even care? Maybe I don’t even care about this? Maybe it’s not even my problem to solve. Does this really belong to someone else and I just need to pass it off?

Can I actually control the outcome? Maybe I can’t and I’m wasting my time overthinking this problem.

Maybe it’s a shit or get off the pot. Just make a decision, fuck it. Move on. Analysis paralysis is probably worse than making the wrong decision……right?