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To All Those Who Overanalyze

Why you need to just let it be and trust the process.

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To All Those Who Overanalyze
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We all find ourselves thinking and wondering why things happen and why they happen the way that they do. Although this is ordinary, do you ever find yourself wondering this about every little thing? Do you ever find yourself wondering what you could have done differently, could have changed, could have improved? You find yourself thinking back on past conversations, past interactions with different people, past occurrences and you continue to wonder if it went as you had planned, to know what the other person is thinking. Most likely, at one point in time or another, we have all been guilty of this. Welcome to the life of those who overanalyze.

We are all guilty of overanalyzing at some point in time because it is so easy to do. Whether you’ve just gone through a job interview, gone on a first date, taken a hard exam or had a difficult conversation, it is extremely easy to overanalyze. We want to know how it went, what the other person thought about it or is thinking, and if something went wrong. These are all completely normal scenarios to overanalyze. It becomes too much when we begin to overanalyze things of minimal importance.

Instead of overanalyzing and thinking about every conversation had, or every interaction with others, take a moment to just be. Instead of putting your time and energy into replaying situations and thinking about them, put your time and energy into being satisfied and grateful for what you have done and where you are now. By overanalyzing and thinking too much, you prevent yourself from being happy.

There is so much to be happy about and even if something could have gone better, there is nothing that you can do to change the past. You can only move forward and improve upon yourself in the future. Although “everything happens for a reason” may sound cliche, it is so true. Every little happening, event and person is placed in your life for a reason. And even when you may have a million questions, I urge you to just trust the process.

Instead of wasting your precious time and life overanalyzing and thinking, just learn to trust the process. There is a rhyme and reason for everything and if we all just stop and pause for a moment to reflect and trust that there is a plan, everything will work out just how it is supposed to.

After all, if something doesn’t work out the way you planned or the way you wanted it to, was it really worth being in your life at all?

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