Overthinking is the biggest cause of UNHAPPINESS…

Here are the 8 suggestions you can beat overthinking:

  1. THE PROBLEM IS RARELY THE PROBLEM
    99% of the harm is caused in your head…by you and your thoughts.

1% of the harm is caused by reality…what actually happens, and the outcome.

Most of the time the problem is not the problem. The way you think about the problem is.

  1. AVOID SELF-REJECTION
    Don’t think you deserve that opportunity?
    Apply for it anyway!

Don’t think your article is good enough?
Publish it anyway!

Don’t think they will reply to your email?

Send it anyway.

Never overthink yourself into self-rejection.

  1. SILENCE AND TIME

The truth is most problems are not solved with more thinking.

I know this sounds counterintuitive…but hear me out.

You’ll find most of your answers you’re looking for in silence, in time and with a clear mind. 

If you can’t solve a problem, stop trying to!

Your brain will work on it in the background and give you the answer in time.

  1. AN IMPORTANT QUESTION

When you start criticising yourself for past mistakes or seeing disaster around every corner, ask yourself: “Is there anything I can do right now to change the past…or positively influence the future?”.

If the answer is “yes”; Do It! Take action!

If the answer is “no”; be at peace. Let it go.

You have to take action or let it go. 

Everything else is simply self-harm.

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  1. THE POWER OF NOW

You’re not going to overthink your way to a better future.

You’re not going to overthink your way to a better past.

All you have is now.

And what you can do with now can make right of your past and make good for your future. 

Make peace with yesterday…

Let go of tomorrow…

and grab hold of now!

  1. FACT CHECK YOUR OWN THOUGHTS

Your thoughts will create scenarios in your mind that reflect your insecurities, fears and worries. So it’s important to always fact check your own thoughts before accepting them. Because in highly emotional situations your thoughts will tell you stories that just aren’t true. Fact check yourself. 

  1. ACCEPTANCE IS PEACE

No amount of anxiety will change your future..

And no amount of anxiety will change your past. 

Peace is found in acceptance. 

Accept imperfection. 

Accept uncertainty. 

Accept the uncontrollable. 

You don’t have to understand, tolerate or even forget something, but you want peace, you must accept it. 

  1. HEALTH STARTS IN YOUR MIND

You can go to the gym, eat healthy, do yoga,

Drink water and take vitamins; but if you don’t directly confront the negativity in your thoughts, you will never truly be healthy. Our health isn’t measured on scales by the size of our muscles or by the width of our waist. True health is measured by the quality of our thoughts and the peacefulness of our minds. 

(Collected from Tiktoker: “Superior Men”, 06/05/2023)