There's nothing about "you think too much" that sounds like a compliment, and I've heard it from several boyfriends over the years. But I shrug it off because I don't see why MY thinking should bother anyone else. In fact, I'm rather pleased with my thinking and when people have made this remark, it wasn't acknowledging that I was needlessly ruminating over worries and amplifying horrible outcomes. It was always said when I'd really thought through something and come out with an unexpected observation or relevant question. Maybe, she thinks, they were actually slightly impressed, having not thought of the thing(s) I did themselves.
I can't explain it, but I have this vague, tip-of-the-tongue feeling that I'm working out some great contribution to the world or large personal insight. But I can't put my finger on what I'm solving. I've had this feeling for about a year now. I don't try to figure it out...I just let those thoughts run in the background. If I'm going to "think too much" I might as well use it to serve some human good. I put forth the hypothesis that most creative people think a lot -- I believe it's where ideas are born. Our brains are so amazing and powerful, I wonder why everyone doesn't think a lot. Why leave any part of that gift on the table?
But this is me thinking too much.
I can't explain it, but I have this vague, tip-of-the-tongue feeling that I'm working out some great contribution to the world or large personal insight. But I can't put my finger on what I'm solving. I've had this feeling for about a year now. I don't try to figure it out...I just let those thoughts run in the background. If I'm going to "think too much" I might as well use it to serve some human good. I put forth the hypothesis that most creative people think a lot -- I believe it's where ideas are born. Our brains are so amazing and powerful, I wonder why everyone doesn't think a lot. Why leave any part of that gift on the table?
But this is me thinking too much.