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Overthinking Isn’t Clarity. It’s Mental Noise.
Why We Confuse Analysis with Progress and What Actually Brings Clarity?
I want to share a moment I experienced today.
Actually, the subtitle was a question I asked myself earlier.
These days, I have an equation with a few unknowns.
And at some point, while I was alone at home, I realized something.
There are times when I think about the same issue anywhere from seconds to days.
Today, I think I finally reached mental exhaustion.
I was thinking, yes.
But deep down, I wasn’t thinking in order to decide.
It felt more like I was forcing my mind until I found the “right” decision.
If someone had been watching me from the outside, they might have said,
“Look at that, how thoughtful, how rational.”
I’m taking responsibility.
I’m not rushing.
I’m analyzing.
I’m thinking.
Maybe even my posture looked admirable while I was “deep in thought.”
But inside, something else was happening.
