5 Signs I Was Overcomplicating My Next Move

Clarity isn’t always a lightning bolt. Sometimes it’s just realizing, girl, you’re making this way harder than it has to be.

I know because I’ve done it. I’ve delayed launches, reworked the same brand colors ten times, and convinced myself the project wasn’t ready because I needed one more edit, one more idea, one more… something.

The truth? I wasn’t moving forward. I was hiding in the loop of overthinking.

Here are the five patterns I noticed in myself. Maybe you’ll see yourself in them too:

1. Rewriting the same to-do list

I’d move tasks from one notebook page to the next, week after week. Nothing moved, but it felt productive to rewrite.

Shift: I started circling the one thing that mattered most and made that my win for the day.

2. Waiting for perfect

I told myself, “Once I find the right font… once I get the right photo… then I’ll launch.” You already know how that went.

Shift: I started hitting publish with what I had, letting myself call it a “draft” version. Done felt so much lighter than perfect.

3. Living with 17 tabs open

Every new resource felt like the answer. I’d bookmark, scroll, compare — then end the night with nothing decided.

Shift: I forced myself to pick one tool, one idea, one voice to follow. Close the tabs, reclaim the brain space.

4. Feeling drained instead of excited

When an idea feels heavy every time I talk about it, it’s usually a sign it’s not aligned.

Shift: I paused and asked: is this really mine, or am I chasing someone else’s version of success?

5. Asking for more advice instead of acting

Endless feedback circles are sneaky procrastination. I wanted validation, not clarity.

Shift: I learned to limit input to one trusted person, then move. The clarity showed up in the doing.

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This isn’t about hustling harder. It’s about noticing when clarity has turned into clutter.

And if you’re here reading this because you feel stuck in your own loop. Start with this little tool I built called Clarity Lite. It’s a five-minute reset that helped me stop spinning and just move.