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I’m Adopting the I Don’t Give a F*ck Attitude for 2021
After the stress, hardship and all-round chaos of 2020, I’ve decided to take a laidback, don’t give a shit attitude towards 2021.
Overthinking
We are all guilty of it.
Whether it be in your personal or professional life, I’m sure you can think of numerous, actually, copious amounts of times you’ve wasted playing out little scenarios in your head none of which ever came to fruition.
Overthinking knows no limits and can be the bane of your life should you allow your imagination to run wild in the wrong direction.
It can be the cause of much deep-seated anger and frustration within, especially when it finds a way of creeping into the areas of your life which you use as an ‘escape’.
For me, overthinking causes the greatest annoyance when it comes to writing.
At times I find myself scrutinizing over every word, writing and rewriting paragraphs, again and again, searching for the perfect way to get my point across — and, as we all know, searching for perfection is a losing battle.
Eventually, more often than not, the constant changing and revisions of sentences…