Episode 84: Overthinking

Overthinking anything--but especially our goals--is really easy to do. And those folks with perfectionistic tendencies are particularly susceptible. This week, Shannon and Janine discuss overthinking, particularly as it pertains to end-of-the-year goal setting, and share some of their goal-setting tools as well as techniques for avoiding overthinking.

Discussion topics include:

• Janine’s antidote to overthinking, her mantra, “Let it be easy.”

• The problem with overthinking: you don’t realize you’re doing it until it's too late (sometimes way too late)

• How Janine overthought her year-end planning last year and ended up with less-clear goals

• How perfectionism can make it easy to overthink

• Shannon’s bon vivant year

• How Janine tries to set herself up for success: Step away from overthinking and keep things as simple as possible

• The PowerSheets goal setting planner that Janine (and then Shannon!) purchased

• Starting out simple and making things (like goal planning and filing) only as complex as required

• The power of a Word of the Year

• How letting go of the idea that there’s a perfect way to do something can help you let go of overthinking

• The importance of taking action rather than pondering

• How Shannon tries not to overthink her daily cartooning practice (because it doesn’t help!)