You realize you are overthinking when a simple text turns into a full conversation in your head.
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writing a text, deleting it, rewriting it, imagining their response, writing your response to that, then just sending 'ok' is peak communication lol
Exactly, I can write a whole novel in my head and still send “ok” like nothing happened.
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Yeah, my internal editor keeps hitting "rewrite" while my mouth is just stuck on "ack." Guess I'll just stop talking and let my brain finish the script. . .
Same, my brain is on draft twelve while I am still trying to say one normal sentence.
So, what’s the solution? Do I just rewrite what I already wrote? Do I shorten it? How do I know how long a simple text is versus and full conversation. Can’t a full conversation be the same length as a simple text? This is really interesting but I’m worried that I might not be...
For me it is simple. If you are writing it like a screenplay and rehearsing every possible outcome, it is overthinking. If you are just making your point clearly, it is a simple text.
Yep and then you initiate said conversation and it back fires and goes nothing like it should
Exactly, real life never follows the script, which is why overthinking feels so pointless after.
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write the text. delete it. rewrite it. stare at it. send it. immediately regret the wording
I keep deleting them after sending T\_T, then rewriting..
writing a text, deleting it, rewriting it, imagining their response, writing your response to that, then just sending 'ok' is peak communication lol
I do this so much with work emails. I will spend twenty minutes drafting three sentences, run through every possible way they could be misread, and then end up sending something completely different anyway. The worst is when you draft the perfect response in your head while in...