The worst thing is to postpone action and keep worrying or keep thinking, overthinking as you said. So, whenever you find yourself in that mode, the best thing is to ask yourself - isn’t there something that I need to be, rather doing at this moment? Not thinking. Doing!
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Questioner: I keep overthinking about my experiences and my future. How do I tackle this?
Acharya Prashant: Whenever you are thinking, it is with respect to something that may happen in future or something that you need to do in future. And then, there are various options, various possibilities. Some of those possibilities appear gainful to you, some appear harmful. Why not simply do what needs to be done right now?
First of all, that will take away the needlessly vacant mind space. You will not be left with that much opportunity to worry. And secondly, when you indulge in action, many of the alternatives that you were able to imagine about the future, those alternatives just disappear.
The worst thing is to postpone action and keep worrying or keep thinking, overthinking as you said. So, whenever you find yourself in that mode, the best thing is to ask yourself - isn’t there something that I need to be, rather doing at this moment? Not thinking. Doing.
