Today´s post is going to be quick, without thinking too much 😀
This term is included on my list of untranslatables, not for having a particularly complex meaning, but for being such a simple, clear and elegant word in English:
Overthinking.
En español sería algo así como «pensar demasiado», «pasarse de pensar», o si queremos expresarlo en una sola palabra, «sobrepensar»… Todas me suenan muchos más torpes que el original, pero al menos se entiende la idea, ¿verdad?
Me vienen a la cabeza recuerdos de hace años: largas tardes y noches de juegos de mesa, donde casi siempre había algún amigo (si no dos, o tres) que tardaba muchíiiiiiiisimo en decidir su siguiente jugada… Los demás enseguida empezábamos a cantar «OOOOOO-VER-THIN-KER" following the notes from Movierecord, to hurry them up.
Well, this week Instagram showed me a phrase on this topic that I thought was absolutely brilliant:
OVERTHINKING = UNDERACTING
Qué gran verdad. Cuando nos dedicamos a pensar de más, inevitablemente acabamos haciendo de menos… O no haciendo nada, que es peor.
And that approach prevents us from moving forward. Going over a problem in our head doesn´t solve anything; it's only by taking action that we can change things and make real progress. So let's take action once and for all, and whatever happens, happens.
What about you, what's been on your mind lately? What's that thing you've been thinking too much and doing too little about? And when are you going to wake up and take action?