So I've started thinking of my whole life as one long adventure, and I really mean that.
Some of the adventures have been great, and some have been a little bit more than crazy, and a few have even been downright scary, but every single one of them made a great story, and every single one has taught me something.
The times life really worked in my favor, some of my favorite memories, my favorite adventures, they all had one thing in common.
I made the decision to go for it and figure things out along the way, even when I was unsure and nervous.
I've done several road trips in other countries with no plan at all, just waking up, looking at the map, and picking the next destination that morning.
There was no itinerary, no specific destination in mind, no hotels booked, just get up and go.
I've gone to events completely solo, and I'll be honest, almost every time I went, there was a part of me worried I'd feel uncomfortable or out of place or like everyone there already knew each other but me, and almost every time the opposite happened.
I'd end up meeting the most amazing people, people I never would have met if I'd stayed home and talked myself out of it.
The overthinking promised me all of these terrible outcomes, and then I'd go anyway, and the terrible outcomes basically never showed up.
What showed up instead were the stories, the people, the version of me that's a little braver than she was the week before.
So that's what I wanna talk about today, why overthinking quietly robs us of our best experiences and what you actually gain every time you decide to just start.
Most of the experiences I missed out on life I didn't miss because I couldn't do them.
We can tell ourselves we're being responsible, and we're just looking at things from every angle.
So I've started thinking of my whole life as one long adventure, and I really mean that.
Some of the adventures have been great, and some have been a little bit more than crazy, and a few have even been downright scary, but every single one of them made a great story, and every single one has taught me something.
The times life really worked in my favor, some of my favorite memories, my favorite adventures, they all had one thing in common.
I made the decision to go for it and figure things out along the way, even when I was unsure and nervous.
I've done several road trips in other countries with no plan at all, just waking up, looking at the map, and picking the next destination that morning.
There was no itinerary, no specific destination in mind, no hotels booked, just get up and go.
I've gone to events completely solo, and I'll be honest, almost every time I went, there was a part of me worried I'd feel uncomfortable or out of place or like everyone there already knew each other but me, and almost every time the opposite happened.
I'd end up meeting the most amazing people, people I never would have met if I'd stayed home and talked myself out of it.
The overthinking promised me all of these terrible outcomes, and then I'd go anyway, and the terrible outcomes basically never showed up.
What showed up instead were the stories, the people, the version of me that's a little braver than she was the week before.
So that's what I wanna talk about today, why overthinking quietly robs us of our best experiences and what you actually gain every time you decide to just start.
Most of the experiences I missed out on life I didn't miss because I couldn't do them.
We can tell ourselves we're being responsible, and we're just looking at things from every angle.
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