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B1WorkOct 3, 2026

How to stop being a chronic overthinker and get things done

慢性な考えすぎをやめて物事を成し遂げる方法

Ruri Ohama6 videos Open on YouTube

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So what I started to ask is instead of asking for urgency or importance, the question that I ask is which one has the biggest consequence if I don't finish it by end of this day?
それで私は、緊急度や重要性を尋ねる代わりに、今日中に終わらせないと最も大きな影響が出るのはどれかと聞くようになりました。
Because most of the time when I think about a deadline or a project, I think like oh I really have to finish it today.
なぜなら、締め切りやプロジェクトについて考えるとき、大抵は今日中に本当に終わらせないと、と考えてしまうからです。
But what happens if I don't finish it today?
でも、今日中に終わらなかったらどうなるのでしょうか？
Most of the time it's not a big deal.
ほとんどの場合、大したことではありません。
Obviously it has like negative consequences.
もちろん、マイナスの影響はあります。
Don't get me wrong, but it's not bad as I think.
誤解しないでほしいですが、私が思うほど悪いものではありません。
This actually like helped me a lot because I'm an overthinker and I like to make everything a big catastrophe in my head.
これは実際に私をとても助けました。私は考えすぎてしまう人間で、頭の中ですべてを大災害にしてしまうからです。
So when I think about the consequence if I don't finish it by end of this day, usually I have like zero or maybe like maximum two tasks that have very high consequences that I definitely want to avoid that day.
だから、今日中に終わらせないとどうなるかを考えると、通常、その日に絶対に避けたい、非常に大きな影響を持つタスクはゼロか、せいぜい二つくらいしかありません。
And rest of them are like oh yeah, it will be better if I finish it by end of this day.
残りは、ああ、今日中に終わらせた方がいいな、といった程度です。
Like even just realizing this helped me so much to get rid of that overwhelmed and paralyzed feeling because at the end of the day like nothing really really crazy is going to happen.
これを認識するだけでも、圧倒されたり麻痺したりする感覚をなくすのに本当に役立ちました。結局のところ、本当にとんでもないことが起きるわけではないからです。

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