{"id":3329,"date":"2024-02-19T00:21:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T00:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=3329"},"modified":"2024-02-19T00:29:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T00:29:55","slug":"palabras-intraducibles-overthinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2024\/02\/19\/palabras-intraducibles-overthinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Untranslatable words: overthinking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u00b4s post is going to be quick, without thinking too much \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This term is included on my list of untranslatables<\/a>, not for having a particularly complex meaning, but for being such a simple, clear and elegant word in English:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overthinking.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Multiple<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spanish version would be something along the lines of \"pensar demasiado\", \"pasarse de pensar\", or if we want to summarize in a single word, \"sobrepensar\"... All of these sound much clumsier to me than the original, but you get the idea, right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This word fills my mind with memories from years ago: long evenings and nights playing board games, and almost every time, there was a friend (or it could be two, or three) taking foreeeeeeeeever to decide their next move... The rest of us would quickly start to sing \"OOOOOO-VER-THIN-KER<\/em>\" following the notes from Movierecord<\/a>, to hurry them up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, this week Instagram showed me a phrase on this topic that I thought was absolutely brilliant:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OVERTHINKING = UNDERACTING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So true. When we devote ourselves to thinking too much, we inevitably end up doing too little... Or nothing at all, which is even worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that approach prevents us from moving forward. Going over a problem in our head doesn\u00b4t solve anything; it's only by taking action that we can change things and make real progress<\/strong>. So let's take action once and for all, and whatever happens, happens<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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?<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hoy os traigo un post rapidito, sin pens\u00e1rmelo mucho \ud83d\ude00 Esta palabra la cuento en mi lista de intraducibles, no porque tenga un significado especialmente complejo, sino por lo sencilla, clara y elegante que me parece en ingl\u00e9s: Overthinking. En espa\u00f1ol ser\u00eda algo as\u00ed como \u00abpensar demasiado\u00bb, \u00abpasarse de pensar\u00bb, o si queremos expresarlo en … Continue reading Untranslatable words: overthinking<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":3336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"BinaryWords - Palabras intraducibles: overthinking \/ Untranslatable words: overthinking","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Pensando en bucle... \/ Trapped in a thinking loop... 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