Stop Overthinking Before It's Too Late — Transcript

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1. 0:00You're sitting there with your book,
2. 0:01reading the same paragraph for the
3. 0:03fifth time. You keep reading and
4. 0:05reading, but nothing makes sense
5. 0:07because your mind is racing: "What if
6. 0:09my grades are low? What if the paper
7. 0:11gets leaked? Why did Riya reply so late
8. 0:13?" Three hours pass by in these
9. 0:15thoughts, and you feel perfectly happy.
10. 0:17"I studied for 3 hours straight today!"
11. 0:20But you know the reality deep down. If
12. 0:22you don't know it yet, you'll find out
13. 0:23during the exams. This is what we call
14. 0:25overthinking. Overthinking while
15. 0:28studying feels good because it looks
16. 0:30like you're working, but inside, your
17. 0:32brain is just daydreaming. This video
18. 0:35contains four practical tricks that
19. 0:38will not only end overthinking but also
20. 0:40double your focus. Number four is the
21. 0:43most important one. Let’s get started
22. 0:45. Trick number one: Set a clear goal
23. 0:47before you start studying. The biggest
24. 0:50cause of overthinking is a lack of
25. 0:52clarity. When you sit at your desk
26. 0:54without a clear goal and say, "Let's
27. 0:56study a little," your brain gets
28. 0:58confused. How much should I study? How
29. 1:00long should I study for? That’s why
30. 1:02you should set a clear, specific goal
31. 1:04before you begin. "I'll study today" is
32. 1:07not a goal. "I need to finish two
33. 1:09topics from this chapter in the next 40
34. 1:11minutes." That is a goal. When the goal
35. 1:14is clear, the confusion in your brain
36. 1:16decreases and your focus increases. But
37. 1:19the goal shouldn't be so big that your
38. 1:21brain starts to feel it's impossible.
39. 1:23Goals should always be small, clear,
40. 1:25and achievable. So next time, before
41. 1:28sitting at your desk, take 10 seconds
42. 1:29to ask yourself: how much do I need to
43. 1:31study and for how long? Don't start
44. 1:33until you have a clear answer. Just
45. 1:36this one small step reduces
46. 1:38overthinking by up to 85%. Trick number
47. 1:41two: Don't just read with your eyes.
48. 1:43When you're only reading, your eyes are
49. 1:45on the page, but your mind is wandering
50. 1:47somewhere else. You must have noticed
51. 1:49this yourself. Like when you read a
52. 1:50paragraph, but didn't understand a
53. 1:52thing. That's because your brain has
54. 1:54gone into passive mode. In passive mode
55. 1:56, your brain cannot give 100%focus to
56. 1:59that one task. As a result, your brain
57. 2:01starts thinking about other things.
58. 2:03This video is a live example of passive
59. 2:05mode. When you are just listening to
60. 2:07the video, you are in passive mode.
61. 2:08That's why you might forget all these
62. 2:10points in the next 10 minutes. The best
63. 2:12way to fix this is to use your hands.
64. 2:15Like commenting on this video. You can
65. 2:17comment anything. Thank you, Stephy. I
66. 2:20will follow your steps. Or anything
67. 2:22else. Even while studying, make notes
68. 2:24after reading a topic. Write down the
69. 2:26important points. This puts your brain
70. 2:28into active mode because it's not just
71. 2:31receiving information, but processing
72. 2:33it and providing output. Trick number
73. 2:36three: start an overthinking journal.
74. 2:38Overthinking keeps running like a loop
75. 2:41in your brain. Journaling is a simple
76. 2:43way to break this loop. Whenever a
77. 2:45thought keeps coming back and
78. 2:47distracting you, put it down on paper.
79. 2:50When thoughts are written down, it
80. 2:51becomes a closed loop for the brain
81. 2:53because it has now taken a physical
82. 2:55form. There is no fixed size for
83. 2:57journaling. Some people journal for 5
84. 2:59minutes. Some just write two or three
85. 3:01lines whenever their mind wanders. Both
86. 3:03work. The important thing is that
87. 3:05thoughts shouldn't just spin in your
88. 3:07mind. So, keep a small journal or
89. 3:09notebook near your study table.
90. 3:11Whenever you start overthinking,
91. 3:13instead of stopping your studies, write
92. 3:15it down and return to your focus. You
93. 3:17have to understand one thing:
94. 3:18overthinking is a habit. It requires
95. 3:21practice to eliminate it. And that is
96. 3:23our next trick. Practice until you
97. 3:26master it. Overthinking will not end
98. 3:29completely in a single day. It is a
99. 3:30deep-seated habit, and habits change
100. 3:32only through practice. Not by force. It
101. 3:35is a simple cycle. Overthinking, then
102. 3:37noticing that you are overthinking.
103. 3:39Returning to focus, and you will have
104. 3:41to repeat this cycle again and again.
105. 3:43In the beginning, this cycle will
106. 3:44happen very frequently. Your mind will
107. 3:46wander every 2-3 minutes, and you will
108. 3:48have to bring it back. This is normal.
109. 3:50Do not consider this a failure.
110. 3:52Gradually, after a few weeks of
111. 3:54practice, you will see that your mind
112. 3:55doesn't wander as much as before, and
113. 3:57now your overthinking is completely
114. 3:59gone. But if your focus itself is weak,
115. 4:01then you will never be able to quit
116. 4:03overthinking. I have explained five
117. 4:04such steps in this video that will take
118. 4:06your focus to the next level.