Comment Over analysing (Score 1) 363
I can totally agree with timothy on this one, it's not so much that doing your work makes you an unhappy person, it's that constantly thinking in a critical way (fault finding) can mess with your life. You begin to automatically think about every possible way in which something could go wrong and lose your positive attitude towards life (which is really handy).
I'm a software tester and so I'm always finding problems with everything, and this somewhat conditions your mind into always thinking that nothing is perfect, which of course it isn't, but your increased focus on the fact in unhealthy.
Of course there are plus sides like being able to make sure that things will run smoothly whether it be organising a holiday or buying a new household appliance, but in the end your over analysing still prevents you from properly relaxing. Like someone posted above, I think it's pretty important to get away from technology in your downtime, and into a situation where things can't really go wrong - you have what you need and don't care about anything else (snowboarding and drinking with mates come to mind for me).
I think it's good to realise you've developed some useful life skills, you're never going to make stupid blind decisions in life, and you just need to learn to control your thinking by not analysing things which aren't so important and just going with the flow.
I'm a software tester and so I'm always finding problems with everything, and this somewhat conditions your mind into always thinking that nothing is perfect, which of course it isn't, but your increased focus on the fact in unhealthy.
Of course there are plus sides like being able to make sure that things will run smoothly whether it be organising a holiday or buying a new household appliance, but in the end your over analysing still prevents you from properly relaxing. Like someone posted above, I think it's pretty important to get away from technology in your downtime, and into a situation where things can't really go wrong - you have what you need and don't care about anything else (snowboarding and drinking with mates come to mind for me).
I think it's good to realise you've developed some useful life skills, you're never going to make stupid blind decisions in life, and you just need to learn to control your thinking by not analysing things which aren't so important and just going with the flow.
