Don't Overthink It

Don't Overthink It

2020 • 224 pages

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Average rating3.8

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As relevant as this topic is, I found the book go into a lot of different directions and that too quite at length. The book begins strongly but then it feels like it goes in every possible direction. Only later did I realize that these were many manifestations of overthinking.

Essentially, all topics reduce to “You're thinking too much” -> “Stop it” -> “Here's what happened to me that illustrates how you could stop it”. To be fair, there is no other way I know of that solves overthinking. Still, this feels repetitive and just too long.

I'd still recommend skimming through this book. It is elaborate and covers a lot of different symptoms or manifestations of overthinking. If nothing else, it could tell you if what you're doing is actually harmful to you in the long run.

February 9, 2022