How can I stop overthinking and take action more quickly?

The purpose of thinking is-

Why don't you simply realise that you are merely thinking and not be one with your thoughts and start living them?

What's the purpose of the sun?

What song are you listening to right now? What does it mean to you?

Have a core belief that, nothing is worth ruining even one precious moment of my life, nothing is the end of the world, and that peaceful existence is my ultimate goal like the entire nature.

Relive relevant moments.

The solution was simple, if that person is close and this is the first time, ask them. If they are a repeated offender and not so close, simply ditch them, and disown them. ‘Not my friend anymore. I won't pay attention to him.’ That's about it, you are free to enjoy peace of mind and life.

Is 1500 calories enough for a 5’3 15-year-old who is non-active?

‘What am I doing?’

To burn every bit of life on this planet Earth? Or, to generate, nourish and sustain life and to give light. What if it suddenly goes out of control and rushes towards us?

Protect us.

What caused North Korea to go poor when at first it was rich?

To make you insane and run behind millions of useless thoughts forming chains and spirals?

When you are thinking about an event where someone mildly insulted you in front of a crowd, let's say they greeted everybody else and not you. I agree, It's sad and painful, it should trigger anger, and that's okay. But what happens next is unbelievable.

Can you roll your eyes to your foolish thoughts?

Why is my ex mad I moved on when he dumped me?

Why don't you focus on the ‘purpose of thinking’ more than merely thinking, that is, to find a solution or a path to a solution?

You are connecting dots, but without any intelligence, simply creating random dots and joining them creating a complex spiral of thoughts leading to nowhere except chaos.

Anubhav Jain

Who are your 5 or so favorite Quora people?

Wake yourself up.

Sometimes, you wake up at night post a nightmare with real body reactions like chills, heart beating fast, sweating. But, was the dream real? Your mind only percieved it to be real due to lack of the thought of illusion, and same happens when people become anxious.

if you thought about something in a way, and there was nothing to do; no results, it must not be repeated, no more thinking about it. Reread this.

My girlfriend told me that she wants to move in with me. I have my own apartment and I like my peace and quiet, but I also love her. We've been together for a year now. What should I do?

Overthinking gives you instant peace, you know why Because it stabilises and focuses your mind, it clears any confusion caused by positive options. It makes you forget your life and hop between thoughts.

Focus on solving and moving to the next problem.

The moment you deviate. Correct it.

What are 5 ways that can be done by the community to improve the public transport system?

What is the use of thinking?

‘It's not a life or death threat, it's over, it's small.’

Remind us of essons and learnings to deal with life.

I am so tired of ignorant people like you calling us far rights, why democrats is so educated, they take things from their own mouth, you guys are totalitarian party?

Read patiently to clear your mind of baseless overthinking.

it's like scratching a painful wound and then regretting it later.

Learn for the future.

Why are men ridiculously delusional in the women they want/approach? I'm not a troll. This is a real question. Why does a fat, pot bellied, unkempt, balding, stupid (ergo poor) man, tell a woman above his league that she isn't hot enough for him?

The worst people do is to repeat the same thought again and again. It's like banging our head repeatedly on a wall in anger.

To find a solution, an active solution.

You start thinking about what each one present there would be thinking, about similar events that happened throughout life, you try to explore that person's reasons and thoughts behind that action and zero in on the worst possible reason, while that fool simply forgot that they didn't greet you already. You question your esteem and identity, ‘he did that because I earn less, I am not worthy of respect. When my day comes, he will get it back with interest.’

Why are the Chinese so sensitive to Western criticism?

Any external information is like a detail in a mathematics sum for you. It needs to be used well to identify the correct formula and steps to a solution.It's not written for continuous attention and thinking and dwelling on it.

Let's discuss an example.

Always wake up in the moment of overthinking and shouting stop in your mind.

What is the sum of X+XX+XXX+XXXX?

Decide.

What's the purpose?

‘No, that's stupid, what's relevant, what best can be done?’

What was the most inappropriate thing your parent caught you doing as a teen? Was in the bedroom, I thought nobody else was home. My sister and I shared that bedroom but I knew she was gone. I didn’t know my dad was home though.

‘C'mon, get going, nothing happened.’

Always realise the purpose of thinking and don't deviate from it.