So have you ever had that situation where you’ve completely blown a problem out of proportion? Have you completely panicked and overdone something by about 1000%? Welp, if that occasionally applies to you, I’m jealous because for me, that is something that I experience on the daily.

So welcome to the life of Jeremy, the master of overthinking.

If you don’t already know, overthinking (as defined by google) is “[to] think about (something) too much or for too long” and it doesn’t even have to apply to one specific thing. You could be overthinking about that test problem, overthinking one logistical aspect, or even just overthinking one small action. If you can think of it, I bet that I can make it over-thunk.

For example, I will overthink in…

School

For me, multiple choice tests are not my forte. Even though the right answer is buried somewhere in there, my mind will end up jumbling up all the information. Sure, I’m good at process of elimination but there will always those two choices I end up having to pick between. They both could be right but I always try to think it out.

Boy is almost always a mistake.

From what I’ve learned from days (albeit more like months) of sat prep, ap prep, or any darn class that offers multiple choice, my instinct are almost always right. For some reason, every time I think the problem is iffy, I’ll go look at it, think it over, and brainstorm possible ideas. And in that moment when I do is when I’ll finally mix up Mesopotamia with the Incas or Lagrange’s theorem with the ideal gas law. I cry a little bit inside every time I think about all the points I’ve missed from this stupid blunder.

Social environments

Now before I completely surprise you, I wanna say one thing. If you’re looking at some of my previous blogs you might think I’m a robot or something, I’d like to just take this moment to say that yes, I am human and, yes, I do experience emotions too. Now back to the blog, sorry.

So additionally, I’m also prone to this phenomenon in social situations, whether that be with friends, family, or (more prodomonentally) to that female individual that occasionally happens to pop in my mind. For some reason, I guess I just stress about every little snap I send or every single comma I use and it usually doesn’t turn out great either.

So specifically, let’s take this female *ahem* distraction that occurred a long while back, where I lowkey became distracted and infatuated in trying to make progress and spending probably half an hour on hangouts every day. Let’s say instead of climbing the ladder, we hit the snake that went past the start and into the negative zone. I guess trying to perform a rhetorical analysis on three word phrases was not the move.

Planning

But lastly, sometimes my talent isn’t always for naught. Sometimes, it doesn’t cause me to lose my chances and friends. Sometimes, it actually makes good things happen.

I’ve found that, through my death stress attacks and thinking of every scenario humanly possible, it actually makes me quite a good organizer. It doesn’t really matter if it’s pasta parties for cross country, a quick night with friends, or hosting one of the largest charity events here at North, it makes me anticipate almost everything! It brings me to the realization that not many other organizers can visualize and helps address problems prior to them arising!

But even though I do overthink, it still has it’s benefits and drawbacks. However, one thing I don’t want you to confuse is that overthinking does not (EVER) mean is that it makes you indecisive. In actuality, it’s this overthinking that helps cement my decisiveness and help me content and satisfied with my decision.

So, if you’re are gusty human, someone who’s rash, or just afraid that you’re overthinking too much, don’t be! Overthinking is a great trait and (from my half-an-hour think time before I fell asleep) thought process, I can guarantee that it will be a mistake… I mean it’s a choice that you will probably seemingly not seem to probably maybe accordingly regret.