Monday, January 12, 2009

Overthinking

Sometimes I overthink things. As a result, I am tied up in a tangle of speculation, alternate scenarios, and probable and possible outcomes. I become so weighed down by the analysis that I don't do anything at all.

Sometimes this is beneficial. Mental paralysis has prevented me from taking action in situations where no action was necessary, and the best course was to let things be. It would have been easier to have seen from the start no action was required, rather than burying myself in analysis, but the outcome was the same.

Other times, though, I think I've missed opportunities because I pondered while others acted.

In the end, though, the moon has still been exceptionally bright the past couple of nights.

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