Stop Overthinking! Quotes

“the process is more about setting boundaries, limiting screen time and making sure you use your devices in a beneficial way—rather than a harmful one that will drain you mentally and emotionally.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“You feel anxious or stressed whenever you cannot find your phone. Even when you are not bored, you check your phone every few minutes because you do not want to miss anything. After scrolling through your social media, you find yourself feeling depressed, angry, and anxious. When uploading a status or post, your focus is on the number of likes and comments you will get, and become upset if the count is lower than you expected.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“When your device usage becomes excessive to the point where you simply cannot imagine going a day without it, you may have a problem and need to detox. A “digital detox” means you find a period of time where you refrain from using your device(s).”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“KNOW YOUR TRIGGERS You cannot always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“Get Comfortable with Uncertainty: Much like the technique before, understanding that it is not possible to plan for every outcome or possibility is a great way to eliminate your anxiety. Always find a time every day to remind yourself (for at least two minutes) that life is full of unknowns and that even though making one choice will prevent you from knowing the outcome of the other choices, that is how life works. Sure, uncertainty can make you very anxious. It can even be scary. But no one knows how ALL decisions would turn out in the end. That is why it is important that you trust your instincts, improve your confidence and practice gratitude. Doing this will help you achieve the serenity to accept the things you cannot change, give you the confidence to change the things you can change, and the gratitude to live one day at a time, taking this world as it is and not as you would have it. Some”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“Practice Acceptance:”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“Talk to Four People:”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“Trust Your Gut: Instincts usually relate less to logic and more to lived experience and emotions. If you normally rely on research and logical reasoning when making decisions, then you may feel a little uneasy about letting your feelings guide important decisions. Start with small decisions and build that trust.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“Put a Limit On Your Decision-Making Timeline: As previously discussed, there may be situations that will require extensive research before making a decision. This means your decision-making may take longer than usual. However, prolonged decision-making can be problematic. When you practice putting a timeline on your decision-making you can start to make decisions without having to overthink them.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“Improve Self-Confidence:”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“1. Minimize Your Options: When faced with the decision of choosing a spice or drink, for example, insist on keeping your options to a minimum. We like having a variety of choices because it feels luxurious and it gives the feeling that we can change our minds later, in case we make the wrong decision. But most times, changing your decision will only leave you feeling negative (self-blame) and knock your confidence. When you limit your options to things you are comfortable or confident with, then your decisions will lead to less regret.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“This circles back to the previous chapter about learning to be grateful. You end up thinking about what you could have had instead of focusing on what you do have—which is not very ideal when you think about life-changing decisions, like which major to study in college, or what job to take. You can imagine how unhappy and even depressed you could become if you chose the wrong career path. You would be miserable!”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“ELIMINATE TOO MANY CHOICES If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“when you focus on your blessings, it allows you to celebrate the present moment and focus your attention on the good instead of the bad. Our nature as humans is to want what we do not have; focusing on the negatives instead of celebrating the things we do have and all the positives.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“by no means is this exercise meant to sideline your emotions, thoughts and feelings. Instead, this exercise is designed to help you challenge your negative thoughts and emotions (such as feelings of worry), and make you realize that you are a small but significant piece in a much bigger puzzle.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“Then picture yourself zooming out and looking at it from the sky.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“The View from Above:”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“This may seem silly at first when you start practicing it, but the more you do it (especially with the smaller things), the more you begin to realize how good you have it. Practicing gratitude can be a game-changer. Each of these small moments strings together to create a web of well-being that, over time, strengthens your ability to deflect your negative thoughts and emotions, anxiety and stress. Like Oprah Winfrey once said: “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“The habit of being thankful can (and should) start with appreciating every good thing in your life and recognizing that there is nothing that is too small to be grateful for.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“After all, it is a thought. Now, when you are done, add the words “I notice that I am thinking…” Adding this phrase to your repetitive negative thoughts will allow you to notice how you have been seeing the world through your thoughts. It will also show you the kind of relationship you have with these thoughts.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“If Andrea looked at her thoughts instead of through them, she would have been able to realize that she cannot control how people will think, feel, or react to the things she says, no matter how careful she is. If she had stopped looking through her thoughts, it would have helped her feel less anxious, and she would have been able to enjoy the party.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“The key to overcoming this, however, is by learning to look at your thoughts instead of through your thoughts.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“Najee, 26, who has struggled with depression and anxiety for over eight years, often finds himself thinking: “Crap! I’m such a loser!” Other times he thinks: “Why am I always so anxious?” Najee repeatedly allows these thoughts to consume him as they solidify his truths and fuel his feelings of depression and anxiety. Because Najee has continually told himself that he is a loser or that he is not good enough, that has become his truth. Because of this, Najee found himself struggling with presentations at work and his productivity significantly dropped.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“What you feed your mind, will lead your life.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“Keep in mind the phrase “how little is enough”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“Ask yourself: “What do I get from doing this?” This is not a philosophical or rhetorical question, and you are encouraged to actually answer yourself! Think about what brief relief feels like. Or how long does it last? Ask yourself if there are other behaviors that have boomerang consequences, such as getting more anxious because you have not completed a project that is due soon.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“This means you need to become aware of the trigger (anxiety), the distraction behavior (such as eating, alcohol consumption, or binge-watching a television show), and the reward (when you feel better after distracting yourself from the trigger). Once you have identified the usual anxiety-distraction habit loop, you need to figure out when and how often they occur. Ask yourself if it happens in a certain context or during a particular time of day. What is the stimulus that triggers your anxiety? Then, start to explore how rewarding such habit loops actually are.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“As humans, we do not have access to our unconscious mind—and because of this, we end up coming up with inaccurate answers to such conflicts. The recommendation then is to begin practicing asking “what” instead of “why”. For example: “What can I do to stop feeling unhappy at my job?” or “What can I do to avoid losing out on another business offer next time?” This kind of introspection will help you make better decisions in the future and avoid similar situations, signaling growth.”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity

“Start Asking More “What” Questions Instead of “Why”:”
― Harley Hunter, Stop Overthinking!: 9 Steps to Eliminate Stress, Anxiety, Negativity and Focus on Your Productivity