## 3 Surprising Solutions for Overthinking | Psychology Today Source URL:: <https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-practice/202307/3-surprising-solutions-for-overthinking> ### Highlights > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Mon Jul 17 2023 01:18:25 GMT-0400%% > > Execute once, then optimize. &gt;Try taking this approach: Whenever you do anything for the first time, don&#39;t try to optimize it. Instead, adopt the approach that you will execute once, with basic thinking, then optimize your approach the second and subsequent times you do whatever it is.