When the mind is stuck in the cycle of thinking, doubting, doing, and overthinking, it’s difficult to intervene and go from thinking to doing. The goal of the practice is to learn to stop second guessing yourself. Begin by grabbing a notebook or open a note on your phone. Then when there’s too much going on in your mind or you can’t find clarity, open your notebook or phone and just write it out. Put down all of your unfiltered thoughts, all of the worst-case scenarios, and all of your fears keeping you in doubt.
Writing out your inner thoughts gives you control over them. When you express your fears and anxieties about a situation it helps you recognize and address their tangibility. Although you can’t see or touch them, the doubt that runs through your mind is real. Thus it has real life consequences. You can’t change what happens in your life, only how you respond to it. By contemplating your doubts and the worst-case scenarios, you can acknowledge it and then let it go. All you can do is make a choice and see how it plays out. Then whatever happens next, you can approach it with confidence instead of doubt.
Thanks for the confirmation because that is exactly what I’ve been doing!