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An Essay About Overthinking

November 7, 2016
By monicadanielle BRONZE, Ypsilanti, Michigan
monicadanielle BRONZE, Ypsilanti, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel" - Maya Angelou


I'm good at something; making people laugh, being positive. But there's one thing I am grat at, and I do it all the time. Right now I'm thinking whether or not my first sentence is strong enough to start my paper. I don't know if I should have written that down. Wait, I just realized I didn't even finish one of my sentences because I was thinking about my opening sentence too much. But the one thing I'm great at is overthinking if you haven't guessed by now. 

     

These next few paragraphs are supposed to be about the process of Overthinking, and how I do it. I can't really explain it. It's sort of like reading a book and having a conversation at the same time. See I don't know if that was a good example but, it's hard to explain what it feels like. I mean how can I write this paragraph when I'm still worried about the first one?

     

I usually overthink everything all the time, which can suck. Overthinking about one thing leads to many other things. Like somehow, while overthinking about my first paragraph, it led me to remember, that I left my straightener on. Which is okay you know because it automatically turns off  in an hour. I've had that thing more forever, I really need a new one. Oh my gosh anyways... I totally forgot what I was going to say. 

     

You know what my essay is probably a bunch of nonsense, We just had a fire drill, now I don't even remember what I was going to say. It was colder than it was this morning. Now I'm back to thinking about my opening sentence. Okay not really, my mind is like on 1,000 different subjects.

     

I'm glad my paper is coming to end. Now I can't stop thinking, and I could on write forever. Now I'm worried about my handwriting. What if my conclusion paragraph sucks too? Good thing this is my 5th sentence, this essay has been stressful. 


The author's comments:

My English teacher asked my class to write an essay about something we're good at. I didn't really think about it, and my immediate response was; "well I'm good at overthinking", which blossomed and created my essay.  


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