Should I really order from this vendor? What if the food he sells is stale? What if my guests don't like the taste of his food at all?
And you would never know the reality unless you order from that vendor.
In life, we must think about our actions and decisions thoroughly. A mistake can end you up in a bad situation. We should think, research, take expert opinions at times and then make our final call.
But sometimes, we are still not able to make that call. Do you know why? Because we tend to overthink. We think beyond the amount of thinking that is actually required which leads to a state of confusion, dilemma, and non-decisiveness.
But the real question here is, that why do we overthink?
There is a very simple answer to this problem, it's your lack of confidence in your own self. When we doubt our self, our decisions, that is when we start to overthink and are not able to make quick decisions.
But why do we doubt ourselves?
It mostly results from some decisions going wrong or could be due to a lot of hand-holding since childhood.
Irrespective of what the reason be, no one but you can help yourself to regain your confidence. We must understand that our decisions will go wrong sometimes, which is ok. Everyone makes mistakes and that's how we learn. We just need to ensure that we learn from our mistakes and don't repeat them over and over again.
If you have never got the chance to make a decision for yourself since childhood, then you should be all the more excited to make them now. You are not a child anymore and you have the right to make your decisions. And making decisions is fun trust me. When your decisions bring good results, it's a feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction and an urge to more and achieve more.
Trust yourself, don't overthink, just enough to support your decision. Some calls will fail but some will pass. That's how you grow in life.