What kind of overthinker are you?
This past Sunday I was lying in bed at almost midnight, thinking about the week ahead and my endless to-do list.
Where do I start? What’s the priority? Will I get through all of it?
Tracking spreadsheets for my new supervisor. Making sure everything was in order. Making sure I’d be prepared for every meeting.
So I rewrote the list. In my head. Again. Same items, different order — as if the order was the thing standing between me and actually doing any of it.
And then I started running the meetings themselves. What they’d ask. What I’d say. I landed a good answer. Then I landed a better one.
It was almost midnight. The meetings weren’t until later that week. Nobody heard a word of it.
I got up Monday tired. And I got it done, barely.
Here’s what I’ve learned since: there isn’t one way to overthink. There are a few. Which one you do decides what actually helps — which is why “just relax” has never once worked on you.
Six questions. Ninety seconds. I’ll tell you which one you are, and give you the 2-minute practice built for the way your brain actually loops.
Okay. I know what you are.
Tell me where to send it and I’ll give you your type plus the 2-minute practice built for it — the one that actually works on your kind of loop, not the generic advice you’ve already ignored.
You’ll also get one quick practice every other Tuesday. Unsubscribe whenever. I won’t be weird about it.
Whatever your type is — you’re not broken. Your brain isn’t malfunctioning. It’s doing what it’s done since 7 this morning: working. It just never got told the day was over.
The 2 minutes you invest tonight will give you back hours you’re currently spending on problems that will still be there in the morning.
Rest isn’t a luxury or a reward you earn once the list is done. It’s a lifeline. And you cannot pour from an empty cup.
Every other Tuesday I’ll send you one more of these. Quick, practical, usable at your desk or in your car. No hour-long meditations. No app to download. No guilt.
Does your brain do this? Come tell me. I read every reply.