The Curse Of Overthinking … And How To Kill Your Monkey Brain
So let me guess. You’ve got this ‘thing’ that keeps coming up & you don’t know how to shake it.
It’s consuming your very soul.
Here’s a little tip: DO instead of THINK!
I used to be the Queen of overthinking. My highly evolved monkey brain wouldn’t fucking shut up.
It still doesn’t …
But one thing I made a pact with myself about is to learn how to let go of shit.
Quickly!
So that the answers, solutions, next moves or whatever come to me organically.
Sometimes it can take an hour, sometimes a day or 2. But when I take the pressure off, it does come.
I’m still in the process of mastering this … hell maybe I’m fooling myself into believing that I can.
I always envied those people who were so detached from emotional shit that, like a labrador, they’d instantly forget the current moment when they moved onto the next one.
But here’s the thing.
Overthinking will NOT fix the problem!
Ever.
You can’t overthink your way into an answer.
Why?
Because you’ve got it pinned to the wall demanding answers & it’s standing there stuck between your forearm and the wall saying it doesn’t know … because right now, the PRESSURE & need to escape is at its attention, not the answer.
You’re FORCING the answer with this story you’ve created over this thing.
And the more life you give it, the more of a hold it has over you.
The key thing here is training your brain. It takes time to master, but man, it’s so worth it.
Then the answers will come to you INTUITIVELY. Yes I’m getting woo woo but it’s not really, this is science.
When you overthink, you use your conscious mind to dominate your subconscious. Your subconscious is the thing that’s being pinned against the wall by your conscious.
So if your conscious mind stopped being such an egotistical arsehole, it’d give your sub the chance to bring the answer to you organically.
In a shorter space of time.
But you don’t trust it, because you think you can beat it into submission to get the answer.
That’s rarely effective.
It’s like when you’re beating someone down with your ‘oh-so-profound’ advice & not giving them a chance to process or even consider what you’re saying.
Yes, I’m guilty of that too.
So the best way to kill your overthinking?
a) Stop thinking you’ve got all the answers in your logical brain. Trust that you DO know the answer, it’s in your head — but you’re not letting it come out because of your impatience & fear based motivations.
b) Train your brain with distractions, doing things that keep you preoccupied
c) Get out of bed & do shit that makes you feel good. DAILY!
And finally
d) Know that when you get great at this, your life will completely transform.
Ains :)
“Get out here & play! The world is waiting.”
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