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What Does Overthinking Look Like and What Can You Do About It?
As a creative, this can manifest itself in multiple forms.
Every creative has their own process. No two writers, painters, sculptors, chefs, or other artists are completely identical. Just like no two people, even identical twins, are completely identical. Yet there are patterns, behaviors, and other elements that are a general background people will fall into to one degree or another.
Take writers, for example. By and large, we fall into two main categories — pantsers and planners. The former works within little structure, sitting down to do their work, while the latter creates a plan for the work before they do it. This is a generality, of course. The forms these take are as variable as the creatives that take them.
In my experience, creatives are thinkers. How else can you take abstract concepts and turn them into stories, paintings, sculptures, furniture, and the like? Creative thought is where it all begins.
One of the biggest obstacles to creating is overthinking. That manifests itself in several different ways. Often, they’re so subtle that you don’t recognize them until you’ve self-sabotaged.
