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    <p class="crumb"><a href="/blog/?topic=the-evidence">the evidence</a></p>
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    <summary>Overthinking can make doing nothing feel surprisingly productive. You&#39;re busy, you&#39;re learning, you&#39;re considering every possibility.</summary>
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    <summary>You&#39;re probably very good at imagining things going wrong. What would happen if you gave the future you actually want a little of that attention?</summary>
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