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Overcome Overthinking with One Simple Journaling Technique
When Nothing Else Works, Try This.
I don’t want to stress you out, dear reader, with the details of the pit of overthinking that I fell into today.
Barely able to speak, and definitely not capable of full sentences, I could not focus on one. single. thing.
My mind was a wild beast, ferociously trying to go off in at least five different directions at the same time. I could not keep up, and I couldn’t keep track of all of the thoughts.
If overthinking burned calories, I’d be dead.
Send help.
You see, I’ve set myself a goal of writing every day this month. Today I chose the mother of all topics to write on. Or rather — and this is the issue — it chose me.
This wasn’t a bash-it-out-in-half-an-hour kind of post.
It felt more like a book.
It required research, and arguments, and copious amounts of Post It Notes. It definitely needed more than 24 hours.
Why on a Sunday, inspiration? Why did you choose today?
My daily writing challenge is basic. It’s not about writing eloquent, earth-shattering, life-changing…