Don’t Overthink. It’s Worthless.

Charles Postiaux
Sep 7, 2018 · 3 min read
“man lying on the black concrete top road near green leafed plants” by Eduardo Flores on Unsplash

Next week I go to Singapore.

In February I paid for a 5-month language stay there, and today I’ve sent a letter to request a refund for this trip.

I don’t know if it’s going to be accepted or not. But what I know for sure is that I’ll have to take my flight to Singapour next week anyway.

And I don’t want to go back home.

I have a good reason for that: 1) I have to go from Singapour to Seoul in February and 2) I want to travel for the next 5 months in Asia.

However, the problem is that if I get refunded I have no plan about what to do or where to go, and I also don’t have any accommodation waiting for me.

That would make most people freak out and cry. And to be honest, I was a bit scared this week about what could happen.

But I’m no longer afraid.


I was overthinking everything, which wasn’t helping me since nothing needs to be solved. I don’t know the answer and the moment where I will have an answer will probably be 4–5 days before I leave France.

And no matter what, the best thing I will do is to go All-in and improvise with what comes to me.

You know, when you have the desire to become someone above average and achieve big things, you need to be like that and act as such.

For example, you can’t expect to lose weight if you eat Ben&Jerry’s milk and cookie ice cream every weekend.

Or you can’t expect yourself to live a memorable life if you stay hidden in your bedroom all day without going out and always say no to adventure.

Or you can’t become happier if you keep listening to other people’s judgment and keep acting as the unluckiest people on Earth.

You have to do what you say. You have to be the person of your dreams.

Stop overthinking stuff and coming up with tons of excuses about why you can’t do things.


I stopped college after 6 months in it, and I never plan to go back there.

I went alone to Taipei without talking the language and with my own money.

I decided to leave my simple and quiet life to discover Asia alone.

I got my first remote job after over 200 trials with absolutely no results.

All these things are really scary. I did all of that between my 18s and 19s. That’s a lot for someone who used to take the same road to go to school for the last 15 years.

And to be honest, I don’t realize how crazy this life can look like from people’s eyes. I don’t even know myself how crazy it is because I don’t overthink these things.

I just think about it, and do it. I take action.


One of the few things that allowed me to do all of these things in my life is that I listen to my heart and understand what I want to do and accomplish.

I don’t simply follow a road that people told me to follow. I don’t wait and keep my dreams in my head, waiting to retire to live them.

I follow what seems to be right for me, and don’t think about the fear or uncertainty. Because these are the things that are going to stop you from walking and evolving.

The best advice I’d like to give you is to follow your heart and take the path that seems the best for you and only you.

Don’t listen or care about what your friends and family are going to say. It’s not their life, it’s yours. And I’m pretty sure you’re wise enough to understand that.

Remember. You only live once.