Overcooking something doesn’t make it more done. It makes it ruined. Same goes for overthinking.

There is a point where more effort starts subtracting. Heat past that point does not deepen the flavor, it burns it, and thought past that point does not sharpen the decision, it wears the edges off until every option looks equally bad. The extra thinking feels productive because it feels like work. It is mostly the same lap, run again.

Notice when you are turning something over for the fourth time without new information. That is the signal to stop and choose, or to go and get the one fact you are missing. Set a small deadline for the decision and treat it as real.