2026: the year of slowly making things better

There are moments where my tendency to overthink has been of benefit — I’ve got ahead of a few things before they caused issues, and been a bit more prepared as a result.

Often though, overthinking is more of a hindrance. It stops me giving things a go, because all I end up focusing on is the reasons why something won’t work, or can’t be used, or will shortly end up obsolete. In this guise, overthinking is a barrier to getting things done.

I do not generally do any sort of New Year’s resolutions, but this year I’m going to make one: to try to think less. I will clarify what I mean, as that’s a bad headline otherwise.

I’ll try to stop my overthinking from getting in the way of finishing things I believe in. I think that’s a better way to put it.

My approach: stop treating “done” as a final state. Nothing is ever final, everything can be improved later.

Of course I already know this, but sometimes the temptation to try to achieve perfection first time is too strong. That’s what I have to get over in 2026.

I’ll add that I’ve never made anything I consider perfect, which means that anything I’ve ever started I’ve never actually considered finished.