Are We Overthinking This Whole Life Thing?

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I don’t know about you, but I often find myself overthinking things.

I think my way through problems and hope that those thoughts will guide my steps down the “right” path.

It's like my mind is on this never-ending treadmill, trying to outpace doubt and dodge the shadow of shame by thinking about solutions to problems that haven’t happened yet.

As you can imagine, overthinking is exh…