Stop Overthinking Everything

[@วิทรูเตชกุลพงศ์กร]

I always tell my wife that if her ever saw me overthink about something too much just tell me "Do the minimum requirement " when you get your head in the working the solution will come up.

[@CrustaceousB]

I'm not a mathematician. Just a 31-year-old, philosophical inclined, severe burn victim whose life is very out of order. Thank you for this video sir. 💜

[@Cat_Sterling]

I’m sorry to hear that, I hope you are doing better. Sending rays of luck to you, stranger 💫🌈🍀

[@missmama3900]

Prayers on your journey 🙏

[@ankershiv]

Hope you heal expeditiously friend

[@dyllanusher1379]

I love this. I'm a math undergrad, after school I just dove into software. The money and security was nice but after a few year I found it wasn't for me. Now I'm just getting started as a market gardener in Lincoln nebraska! The financial struggles are real, but I've taken solace in accepting the inherit uncertainties in my line of work. Sometimes we just need to sow our seeds and shake our fist at the sun when the rain doesn't come! This attitude is a game of numbers. If you sow enough seeds at the right (ish) time, eventually you'll be surrounded by things you intended to be there. Sure, there will be weeding to do, and you will have crop failures, but if I worried about the exact right time to sow some seed, my whole farm would be overridden with things I didn't choose to grow.

[@allakavivek]

I appreciate you for taking the courage and doing what you are doing now

[@omkardixit4428]

Math guy who's a gardener 🖐️🤙 kudos to you bro

[@firstdonuts]

by sow your seed you mean make babies right?

[@dyllanusher1379]

@@allakavivek thank you! :)

[@dyllanusher1379]

@@omkardixit4428 thank you! :)

[@maxmustermann-hx3fx]

"Overthinking, Overanalyzing seperates the body from the mind" - Lateralus, Tool

[@audioadhd]

Math Sorcerer needs to do a proof on this, you know, just to be sure.

[@2ded12]

I was thinking about this song when I saw this video

[@praneetsinghbutran6925]

I don't think the sorcerer realises that I tune into his videos more for a therapeutic reason than anything else. Thank you so much for putting these videos out❤

[@benhill3098]

10:21 I like how you distinguish between saying that if you don't try, you have already failed and saying that if you tried and failed, you can still learn from that. *Failure is still part of the learning process* whereas if you don't try, you don't get even that far. Thanks again!

[@TheMathSorcerer]

Yes yes exactly!! It's worth trying and failure is part of the learning process! Good luck my friend:)

[@benhill3098]

@@TheMathSorcerer Thanks again Sorcerer!

[@insushin6139]

I'm a student in Korea trying to get a degree in statistics. And yes, I am an overthinker, and I totally agree that overthinking leads to inaction. I see many ambitious people in the comment sections that share their experience in jumping in. I found that very inspiring. I'll try to realize when I overthink and stop doing that. Thanks for your lesson!

[@lsjmartin6220]

U hit it on the head, I’ve noticed when I overthink a lot I end it up not executing what I said I was going to do. This can also be said about procrastination too

[@Crimson_Thief007]

One of my favorite mathematics instructors of all time once told me that the time spent doing mathematics is virtually priceless, because it doesn’t matter what you get paid an hour or how much money you have, you cannot buy mathematical knowledge or pay someone to give it to you. The only way to obtain it is to actually spend the time doing it, reading the texts, watching videos, working exercises, and applying it yourself in your everyday life to deepen your understanding. What he was trying to convey to me was that one of the best ways to spend your time is to spend it doing mathematics. This was one of the most powerful things that I heard early in my math journey and has inspired me to do mathematics every single day.

[@marcin2x4]

I like the piece from Bible when Jesus says to "deny oneself". In Polish language, "deny" has two translations - "refuse to accept you know sb" or "stand firm". I use the "stand firm" translation to remind myself not to follow distractions and overthinking. Thanks and good luck to all!

[@ploodohplanit8259]

This was a very good take, thank you 🙏🏽

[@Alex-jo2oi]

Choosing a career pathway is the death of me.

[@INTP564]

Yes so so true

[@leroyaboytes9360]

Well, just simply pick what most expires you! And be honest with yourself.

[@leroyaboytes9360]

I'm sorry! I meant to inspire you!

[@UnrealEntity]

I am terrible at mathematics, I like your reasoning. I am an analysis machine, I can spit out information about information I analyze without too much effort, and the information is mostly accurate, I can even see crimes in situations that come out on the news, then I express my concern and it turns out in the end that I was 100% right, a crime was committed and someone was sent to jail because of it. I am not right 100% of the time thou but I am right most of the time. I don't overthink, I am just good at it. I have been playing the recorder lately, I was terrible at it at first, but just playing constantly for an hour a day with a few 10 minute break really makes a difference and I am starting to become able to play more and more complex notes after a few weeks, it feels really rewarding. I don't think about it, I just start doing it, I am terrible at first missing notes a lot, but I am able to play more and more complex notes eventually and it feels awesome, it feels so good, I would apply this to more areas of my life. Thank you for your videos, your content is great and useful. I found that overthinking makes you stand still, not going out in to the world to make mistakes you would not make otherwise witch help you understand what is going on, and grow, that's why I stopped thinking too much about things I want to accomplish, just doing them despite making mistakes actually helps learning how to do them properly and gives the skill set to overcome obstacles over time, and actually get good and eventually accomplishing things that you would never have by just sitting still thinking and not acting.

[@vukasinbosanac8542]

This is probably the best video to start studying math

[@Wawawa8842]

That illumination is SUPER bright, kind of gave me a headache

[@omicronsrule6565]

overthinking about overthinking

[@nayjer2576]

Haha same

[@nayjer2576]

For real how can we get out of it. It’s terrible. I literally overthink everything!!

[@nayjer2576]

How he said, we just need to stick to things. If we do not, we will end with nothing. I have to say this a thousand times

[@omicronsrule6565]

I always feel like I need to represent concepts in my head in unpleasant loops, ultimately leading to something incomplete because I lack data. Often, I get the answer later when improving. But I Always fear to miss something. Also it's hard to make choices. I think identifying it fast is the first step.

[@nayjer2576]

@@omicronsrule6565 For me it’s mainly the fear to not use my potential, really this is one of my biggest fears. The „problem“ is I used my potential in the past and did great things. But I lost in on the way kinda, starting new things, being demotivated, fear of failure etc. And now I am here with 22, didn’t do much with my life yet, I learned some things but never finished something. So I am sometimes overthinking how I should use my potential, how should I study, how can I be creative? Yes I wanna be creative and do something on my own. But I can’t do it as an undergrad. So I just have to get through it I think. It will come surely on the way, if I just stick to something.

[@Bubs.]

Overthinking is what has gotten me stuck often in math and physics classes. I think the solution has to involve some random other concept we learned and suddenly I’m spending hours trying to figure out this one problem

[@hemrajue3434]

A small hole can sink a huge boat. Like words, a problem like overthinking could withold our progress. We can't dream of learning calculus unless comfortable with it's prerequisites.

[@rvx4645]

this is true. since i started winging life i started having more fun and getting better!

[@rizalpambudi]

I just had a very suck moment yesterday when i was at my final test, only to regret my lack of preperation, i was just so mentally difficult to study Calculus 2 up until the test, and i was facing it with a lot of anxiety from the home, so much so i even forgot to bring my notes with me which can very helpful if only i bring it, i even write on the scratch paper the proctor gave me and write on it " Stress and Anxiety only give you more problems and sadness" and other things that isn't helpful at all, and the anxiety continues after i finished the test i busy thinking about my future, "will i fail the class? will i get a C?". Now i realize i was stupid and what i do doesn't help at all. What i can tell is " Think about what you can control now" because overthinking past is nothing but adding more suffering.

[@simeontrifonov5494]

2:25 "Dreamers, they never learn" - one really great band once said that...

[@changoviejo9575]

It's been a long time since those words were sung. I dream about they stop dreaming and start making music together again.

[@simeontrifonov5494]

@changoviejo9575 Yes, it has actually been quite a lot of time now, I hope that they'll return after some time eventually...

[@lolsamet9225]

Hey man i just want to say that this video helped me out a lot. I love mathematics and i love it a lot and really cant live without learning. Hearing this message of simply just doing it and not care what the results will be. Now i learn a lot without thinking a lot because everytime i start thinking i just stop myself. And now i learn way more and way healthier. Appreciate it man!

[@observer886]

This is the exact video that I need to watch right now. I lost most 4 years because of that. I'm 23 years old.But i didn't give up. Right now i am learning mathematics from start and my aim is going to one of the best universities in Turkey. I am sticking with math and english. Every hour in a day i tell myself what you do in that hour. Btw i have ADHD

[@TheMathSorcerer]

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[@tresemiselada3828]

We are in almost the same shoes bro. I'm 26, always been terrible in math in school because I didn't bother to study and disliked it a lot. Now that I matured I regret the years wasted. But I decided to pick myself up and do it now. It's better now than never, or better now than in 5 years. I'm also trying to get in one of the toughest universities but to get in, I need to score relatively high ( roughly 80% ) on all 5 subjects ( Math, Biology, Chemistry etc ). Had my first shot at the Math exam. I did pass it, but not enough points to enroll, so I gotta keep trying. It's a constant fight with myself though, there's days when I don't want to study and so I just waste that day I was supposed to use for studying. Hope you get into that university of yours

[@observer886]

@@tresemiselada3828 When I was feeling bad, I would always tell myself that you are not the only one going through this. This was an example of this being true. My best wishes are with you my friend. I also quit smoking and my bad life habits. I feel like I'm starting my life over again. The important thing is to be determined and not give up. Never too late for anything.

[@ebalona5828]

And also by overthinking you spend so much energy and after you're so exhausted that you have no more energy to do things even if you find a good solution or path

[@jamesedward9306]

Sorcerer, dude. This one hits close to home. If being a guru of all things mathematical doesn't work out for you, you've got a great career ahead of you as a life coach. i'm damn serious about that.👍👍

[@PureSens-lo7uw]

Sube videos al canal en español, me gustan mucho y me motivan! Gracias por todo tu trabajo y tus aportes a la comunidad.

[@dynodyno6970]

My overthinking is deadly. The best points in my life were definitely when I wasn’t thinking and I just DID. I didn’t think “oh I only got a few hours of sleep, I wouldn’t have a very good study/workout session, and I still have to go to work after”, I just did both of those things and went to work just fine. Over thinking how to go about studying for these WGU classes bc it’s pretty much like I’ve been handed an online textbook and sent on my way. I need to just do any part of it…

[@JonathanBrettMiller]

The bias for action. This is one of the best pieces of content in your already incredible body of work. Thank you for this, and for everything you do for us!

[@albertoguerra8939]

Thanks!

[@jankaietuzveikalu]

this literally is better than all the “how to stop procrastination” motivational videos i swear to god this is the first time i grasp why we procrastinate in the first place and how and why to actually stop overthinking 🙌🙌

[@douglasstrother6584]

If you are brainstorming, etc., writing down your thoughts gets the swirl out of your head. And pick a "Square One" to start, wherever that may be.

[@joeykelly6385]

Hope you don’t stop these videos they’re really great

[@debralynnpaxton5238]

Excellent advice.

[@-MSJ]

You can become more intelligent but it’s a matter of having a strong thirst and reason for it. We are all individuals and honestly our brains work differently so approaches to education should be different and tailored to your way of working to get the most out the subject you’re studying. At other times the subject you may be forced to study by the academia simply doesn’t interest you enough so of course trying to digest the information would be a hard process.

[@tahir2443]

yall dont realize how much i needed this. im just gonna do stuff and stop spending too much time in my own head.

[@didierl.5626]

It may help to take notes of many durations (exercise duration, reading duration, stuck duration when it comes). So some of my papers get a special function, and are helpful for decision making. But behind that, I write different types of texts. Some of them are conceptual and less rational than mathematics. This kind of process may help not thinking at all because doing could become thinking.

[@TheMathSorcerer]

🔥

[@EvergrowingInfinity]

Your videos are just so helpful, encouraging and in a way "therapeutic". I vastly appreciate your help, inspiration, entertainment and the knowledge you give. You remind me a bit of my physics teacher too. Keep going with your heartwarming content.

[@AF-mc9xq]

Thank you so much dear for this 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@divyam432]

And when you overthink a lot anxiety starts to hit you

[@ChristopherBotelho3052]

Added to Favorites

[@bigm383]

I’m an old retiree who has gone back to trying to learn mathematics, hence my interest in your videos. On a practical note, I find it very easy to overthink practical repairs and renovations around the house, to the point where I become paralysed. Quite often work that I’ve put off for weeks or months only takes a few hours! Back to maths. I would love to see a review of your idea of the best book on Calculus, because that’s where I’m struggling.👍😀

[@Youbuu2]

This man is so cool, he has helped me for the better. Thank you math sorcerer.

[@soomro2002]

I'm starting to think now about what you said. thanks for lesson

[@dreamer281]

Thank you so much sir.. This was really helpful ❤

[@rodrigoquato]

It’s sooo easy to understand you speaking English, thanks for that. Cheers from Brazil

[@MrOliverkatsikas]

Thanks a lot, this piece of advice is a great support for me right know, I believe for many others as well. Congratulations for your positive, motivational and realistic attitude.

[@marcoaureliofranco1190]

Excellent video, thank you very much for it!

[@benhill3098]

I've been stuck on some overthinking recently regarding my studies, and still am somewhat. Eventually, I'll study mathematical modeling during my undergrad studies with a concentration in applied mathematics. So, I was looking for books on mathematical modeling, especially good-sized recent textbooks, to study ahead, but either they are very expensive or old and likely outdated. After much overthinking about weighing cost vs. need, I decided to order two: Meyer's *Concepts in Mathematical Modeling* and Bannerjee's *Mathematical Modeling: Models, Analysis and Applications* each costing about 9 U.S..D. and 33 U.S.D. respectively. I wish the latter book was of a much lower cost but I decided to make that purchase and move on. There are more books on the subject, but I cannot find more that are low-cost while somewhat up-to-date. I think the best I can do for now is to make the most of what I have and move forward while looking out for opportunities to get more suitable resources. Perhaps it's best also to realize that the *choices we make are not necessarily written in stone* We might not find a satisfactory resolution but can move forward with what we have while being open to other better resources and opportunities. Thanks for the video 😊

[@TheMathSorcerer]

Great comment thank you for this! That's really cool that you got two books and yeah, about the price, I get it! I think it's worth it though. You will have these books forever:)

[@Boltzmannbrain_2]

I needed to hear this right now, thanks

[@Username56291]

hi, dreamer here after several failures, even afraid of failure, always overthinking and then i dont do nothing, panic attacks+anxiety is ruining my life

[@rahulmistry5019]

yeah i was overthinking just now, for the past few months, past few hours. i am thinking - actually determined about going back to get my math degree at the age of 30. i wish i had done it sooner, and yes i was not the person who had the clarity or guidance to make good decisions for myself. i kept blaming others for problems and not doing anything to solve them,

[@sohybali2696]

What's more important, how to stop overthinking? The best answer I know: CBT, MBSR, MBCT. There are some other suggested ways like ACT, REBT, about which I do not know a lot.

[@samgott8689]

It just seems like having SO much information available and screaming for my attention nowadays that I’m too aware of too many potential options. Like it would be reckless to not be thorough or something. Frankly, and this going to maybe sound crazy, but I’ve taken to largely just following my gut on a lot of things just so that I don’t end up over analyzing every choice. What I’ve found is that pretty much any outcome is preferable to nothing happening because I was searching for a perfect outcome.

[@gord01100]

Great advice!!!!

[@faebalina7786]

Not a mathematician but I think your channel has attracted many people who aren’t

[@jonspalding7004]

If you don't know the minimum effort required for a task, and that task is very important to your survival, overthinking is probably the best strategy.

[@muttandjeff5213]

Really needed to hear this today. Greatly appreciated!

[@alexlopez5800]

Analysis paralysis

[@TheMathSorcerer]

yup!

[@IVVLAD.0]

THANKS!! THATS MY CASE

[@kellychuba]

Best video on You tube today. Funny how a lot of us needed this

[@supalive3335]

Gramp I love you so much. I watch a lot of your videos. So I suggest you do something about video game addiction, this is not a joke anymore it's happened all over the world.

[@nayjer2576]

Me overthinking right now my overthinking

[@leswine1582]

idk though, idk perhaps there is a universal truth that is possible to get to by essentially overthinking

[@johnybrokeit]

Thank you this was so good for me to listen to.

[@nintentendo2123]

I really needed this tbh. I have to take linear algebra and I don’t remember any calc and I feel like I have to relearn everything. But I’m need to start

[@ArtificialSpacetime]

These are really helpful man, thank you very much 🌍

[@Ali-1_0_1]

it's confirmed. Math Sorcerer keeps scrolling through reels too

[@meenu17417]

Thank you so much sir.

[@omicronsrule6565]

Actual best math course

[@nazombie7935]

I am a mathematics undergraduate student and I recently read a research paper on combinatorics for a professor at another university in Texas that I am interested in his schools masters program. I was lossed in some areas but I understood part of the logic and wrote google questions to look up. I do overthink when I study for my classes on what topic or homework or reading slides for class should I start with. Until 2 hours later I just say fuck it! I am going to start here

[@ooh29]

Thank you! Ill think about it.

[@paulinefontilara7871]

yeah i need to hear this rn

[@mariomario4676]

Thank you for the valuable point of view.

[@ashkaleido130]

This man helped me get better at math and now life.

[@qmekanix]

Woah just posted! Love your videos!

[@Mathsky4]

Thank you. This helps me lot.

[@leswine1582]

you are right

[@Narriene]

Never ever ever stop making these videos

[@perryhoffman160]

Thinking is the process of comparing and contrasting, of seeing from as many angles as possible (passable), in order to perpetuate freedom of movement. What we are really doing when we think is moving through a gauntlet of outside influences, which includes but is not limited to, the opinions and beliefs of others, present and past (consciousness) . This process is crucial for perpetuating ideas, and for perpetuating life itself. A non-thinking entity will imminently die, as will a non-thinking group. It is essential for life to think THROUGH (italicized) consciousness in order to arrive anew. This process is practical, but not repetitve. It is an upward spiral, not a closed loop (circular thinking). Circular thinking occurs when we allow consciousness to enfold us. When we continue to listen to all the outside influences, FOR TOO LONG A TIME (italicized), we fail to move through to new life. This is where many people become stuck, primarily because of FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN (italicized). "The devil that you know is better than the one you don't, and so it goes, round and round..." Unfortunately, we are often told to not think. Many people, present and past, are unable or unwilling to move out of circular thinking. We are discouraged from this essential life process by those who see it as a curse, rather than the gift that it truly is. The gift of overthinking! Of thinking over. What does one often say? "I'm going to think it OVER (italicized)". Or "We're going to think it THROUGH (italicized)".

[@olklk]

i needed this video

[@philwang7194]

Thank you. That is valuable!

[@CraftedforMotion]

I overthink planning and worrying like heck for the future

[@CraftedforMotion]

@ShockwaveOfficial0 but I'm so much happier when I'm in the present

[@anniesizemore3344]

I actually started in Calculus books before I've had finished the Algebra books I have. I think of my doing math like pushing information through a slow moving scanner that gets jammed sometimes if too much documents are put into it at once😆😆. My mind gets jammed with some of the calculus info sometimes because I simply don't know how to do a particular calculus problem. Then I quit calculus and go back to algebra. Eventually I'm ready to tackle the calculus problem again and move on to the next calculus problem when I still get it wrong. I don't understand the books on proof I have, but I at least read them hoping my brain will absorbed something enough to understand it. I set up Udemy for the math classes and intend to take a few classes there

[@duganets]

Thank you for what you are doing

[@onceuponashaunak]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!

[@kevinchopra9111]

Topology with Tears, was a good suggestion...

[@Lovell_00]

Thanks.

[@stevendorath7268]

Great video and yeah I over think everything 😅

[@CubeINC-84443]

Sometimes I can’t tell if I’m overthinking or not thinking at all.

[@grumpytorus8051]

Thank you 🙏

[@everydayvacaytaj]

Constant state of inaction would be a good name for a band or my autobiography

[@IowaShahir-b5m]

Thanks

[@webiorg6147]

Overthinking is pretty much procrastination. Find some recommended books/materials, but start working on them as soon as possible! One will learn more by having and reading one textbook than by having hundreds of them like a hoarder, but never opening them

[@Julia-d9p]

Thank you

[@EWWWYOURFAC3]

I feel the pressure to quickly learn math too be successful

[@samsungjamuna9906]

Could you please make a video on math written in the 1st chapter of the book "art of programming, volume 1" by Dr.Knuth?

[@experiencelife3237]

Instead of "stop overthinking everything" -> think things over every stop

[@jennifertate4397]

See it as an adventure.

[@knowpks]

Moral of the story: Just do it!

[@OogwayTurtle-kr1mp]

Nice Video ❤

[@963calm]

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