Me Overthinking this, is a constant reminder by many. I do agree I am thinking critically about this.
Everywhere I look and read, I find ideas and I have used many of these ideas. Yet, everywhere I work turns into a mess from WIP. For me, nothing worked, my toolboxes, I do have a few, start out neat and organised, but the end result remained the same, sockets and wrenches everywhere but back in their drawers. That became frustrating, in the extreme. So extreme measures, I guess, is what I need, and that includes exploring the extremes for solutions, see how deep the rabbit hole goes.
My main aim is to understand what is happening, why do I do this. Seemingly I do not have the ability to return them tools to where they should be.
What I now do understand somewhat better is, I was focused on the wrong thing completely. That thing was an organised toolbox. My problem was never the toolbox organisation. It was tools at WIP and buried in there somewhere. When I do machining, I wear an apron with some of my most used items in its pockets. This prompted me to think about why that worked. The items always naturally and without thinking, went right back to its spot on the apron. So that bit worked.
So this was a trigger for me when I thought about it, why could I return my tools in this case? So the overthinking started, critical thinking really. Let’s define what it really means.
Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information gathered from observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication. It is purposeful, self-directed thinking that aims to make reasoned judgments based on sound evidence and logic, rather than emotion, bias, or unexamined assumptions.
Overthinking defined me thinks…. What I dont know is if my thinking is skilful and logical, but we can cover that another day.
(joke)
