I’m not sure I’ve ever agreed with a quote more… I know I think too much, and I’ve yet to find a good way to stop that.

I finished writing a book Monday night. Stayed up late, got it done, met my deadline. Know what I did all day Tuesday?

Thought.

I mean, I worked too, it’s not like I just sat around thinking.

But when I wasn’t working at work, I was thinking.

Should I have put in a different scene in the middle? Should that last conversation have gone differently? I did all that research on this particular topic, and it didn’t even get in the book. Should I work it in? Is the tension enough? Did everyone get the page time they should have? Was there a better way to say that?

THINKING.

Why? Why do we overthink so much? The book was done, and I accomplished what I set out to do. Why was I even looking back within 24 hours of finishing?

It’s not just thinking, I do this with everything. Mind constantly turning and working over things, just not able to let them go.

But I’m gonna take the Dowager Countess’s words to heart.

Very overrated.

(Also I promise the book I finished will be really fun for you! No need to overthink that!)

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