If making decisions sometimes makes your brain feel like what happens in the movie Inside Out when all of the emotions come to the forefront of brain headquarters, this book is for you! Don’t Overthink It sends the message that you CAN cut through the mind clutter to take charge of how you process information and make decisions so you can free up the mental energy necessary to live abundantly. Bogel drives home the idea that overthinking doesn’t have to be status quo. Don’t Overthink It frames the problem of overthinking and provides strategies and ideas for overcoming it while helping you adjust your perspective. This book helped me realize how often I overthink and how it holds me back from living my best life – how wasting precious mental energy keeps me just surviving vs. living in a space where I truly nurture myself and those I love. Don’t Overthink It is helping me to make easier decisions and to stop second-guessing myself; it is bringing more satisfaction in my decisions and happiness to my life. I highly recommend it!

When I saw this book’s title Don’t Overthink It by Anne Bogel there was no question that I definitely had to read this book. I am definitely an ‘over thinker’, although as you will read in Anne’s book you will realize that I shouldn’t even be calling myself that. Using the strategies in this book I am working on changing my thoughts so that I don’t continue to overthink my decisions.  I have never thought of overthinking as Anne mentions in this quote “Overthinking also carries a significant opportunity cost. Mental energy is not a limitless resource. We have only so much to spend each day, and how we choose to spend it matters.” I like how each chapter ends with the “next steps” which I found to be super helpful. Don’t Overthink It, has given me the tools and courage to be able to look forward to the freedom from overthinking. I will definitely be reading this book again and keeping notes to refer back to.

This book is wonderful!  Overthinking is a real struggle for almost all of us and it's very often overlooked as a problem that holds us back.  Anne addresses this with such honesty.  The tips and info in the book are well researched and thoughtful and the tips are ones we can immediately and easily apply to life.  I can't wait to get my hands on a paper copy so that I can highlight and reference for later!  This is going to be a perfect book club book!  Thank you, Anne, for letting me read!

I didn’t really think I was much of an overthinker, but I  love the way Anne Bogel writes, so I eagerly pre-ordered this book, which comes out March 3. One of the preorder bonuses was a NetGalley ebook and the opportunity to read this book before publication.

Reading this book, I have realized that I am, in fact, an overthinker, and so is almost everyone else in my family! We just used different terms to describe our behavior. One of my favorite terms in this book is “analysis paralysis.” Our family has always described ourselves as “poor decision-makers,” but this term is much more descriptive!

As an academic, I just saw myself as doing “research” when I gathered information prior to making a decision, if I had a problem deciding, I would chalk it up to “option glut.” I didn’t see myself as an overthinker, because I would often put off decisions rather than decide immediately.

How wrong I was!

Not only is this book compulsively readable, but it is full of wonderful descriptive anecdotes that beautifully illustrate the points Anne makes. More importantly, it is full of practical advice and  actual solutions to the dilemmas that result from overthinking.

I highly recommend this book to all overthinkers and poor decision-makers. Bringing more joy to your life is always a good thing!

In Don't Overthink It, Anne Bogel gives a plethora of suggestions and strategies for dealing with all the what-ifs, should haves, and second-guessing that suck the joy out of life. She addresses the role that perfectionism, habits, and our environment (such as clutter) have in overthinking, and how to stop the cycle before it consumes us. She states: "Perfectionism-driven overthinking often dwells in the space of what-ifs and second-guessing. The moment of our decision may have passed, but we can still remain fixated on the decision, analyzing what we should have done."  

While she includes well researched evidenced-based information, she also includes many personal examples that assist in getting a handle on the analysis paralysis that goes along with overthinking. If you're still ruminating about things that happened last week (or in the 80s!), this book is for you!

I loved Anne Bogel’s newest book Don’t Overthink It!  She makes overthinking seem like a normal reaction for when there is a new event in your life. I love her real life examples and how each chapter tackles something that you can relate to.

Obviously while writing this review I was overthinking it---thus my need to read the book.  Anne addresses this issue, which we are all guilty of at some point.   But fear not that doesn't mean we can't learn how to over come this.  Her illustrations and no nonsense writing had me coming back to find out how I could apply this to my life.  It brings all the overthinking issues into one place and explains them...and giving a solution!  Yes, I need a solution.  I think this book is for anyone, even if you don't think you overthink.  Thanks to the Author, publisher and Netgalley for an e-arc as part of the launch team, in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this book! It encourages personal growth in everyday life by making small changes that can really make a big difference. Who hasn't gotten frustrated with decision making? We have all done it. This author uses humorous examples from her own life and the lives of family and friends to illustrate her points. I look forward to implementing many tips and strategies from the book.

A non fiction book that could be defined as self help, but I would call it life instructional!  This is a genre that I don't typically read, but from a person/author who I love so I thought I would give it a try and I am glad I did.  

Anne Bogel is known to many for her blog or her podcast or both where she helps connect readers with great books.  As a book blogger myself, my goal for my blog is to ramble about books in hopes that readers will connect and find a book that they would like to read.  I have followed her career for a bit, so was excited when she announced a third book and then was greatly intrigued when she started speaking about what it would be about - a vastly different direction from her first two.  

This book focuses on the concept of overthinking and the many different ways in which a person can overthink and then provides tools and skills to help make decision making easier and how to avoid overthinking when it isn't necessary.  I found this book to be very helpful.  The tools were easy to implement quickly and I loved her personal antidotes that made the skills easier to understand.  

This is the perfect gift book for the person in your life who may spend too much time pondering and needs to move more things into action mode.  This is a book that I could see myself dipping back into time after time to remind myself that overthinking can keep you from doing and enjoying life.

Just do the thing.  Do it.  Show up for people, use the good soap, drink the good wine, decide what matters and make it a priority.  For someone who has spent their whole life being called an overthinker and an "old soul", which I'm pretty sure is just a euphemism for a child riddled with anxiety, this book felt like a hug from a friend.  Strategies for easier decision making are complemented by personal stories about how Anne's own tendency to overthink led to the development of these suggestions.  If you are an overthinker, you will feel seen.  If you are not, you will be entertained by the tales of where overthinking can lead you.  If you feel like you need permission to buy the flowers, you don't, but this book will give it to you.

This book. Wow. I already know that this will be the one that I pick up over and over and over. Overthinking is one of the parts of my life that too often steals joy, not only from me but from those around me and those I care about the most. What Anne has done in this book is so incredible; she has not only given us the information; she has given us the tools to look inside ourself and evaluate our actions and motivations, and then also to look outside of ourselves and take steps forward… away from anxiety, self-pressure, analysis paralysis, and into freedom and joy. 

What a breath of fresh air this one is. I will read it over and over and put it into the hands of all of those I love; because the freedom to stop overthinking and just rest in the perfectly imperfect life we have been given is such a gift.

This book is amazing!  I thought I was an overthinker and then I realized yes I am in some aspects of my life, but not all.  I have overcome some of them.

The author did a great job of helping people with seeing that productivity and making wise decisions and not overthinking it is a better way to live your life.  I enjoyed so much of the book.    There are so many little things that have resonated with me.  For instance, making better decisions, deciding what values really matters to me, complete the cycle and just do the little things (like buying the flower at the store) that make you happy.  

There were so many real-life examples in each chapter of overthinking that you could find yourself in most of them.  Even if you don't think you are an overthinker, you might be surprised to find that in some cases you are.  

I will definitely be reading this book again.  I can't wait to get the physical copy of the book!

I am a classic and lifelong over-thinker, although when I saw the title of this book I didn’t think twice about reading it (for once)! And thank goodness! Anne Bogel presents easy to follow options to calm our overthinking, overtaxed minds in this great new book. At the end of each chapter, she had included a list of next steps to help the reader assess for themselves how to apply what they have just read to their own lives. I found this very helpful as I worked my way through the book. For anyone who knows the feeling of “analysis paralysis” as Bogel calls it, this book is a great read and super helpful!

If you know me, you know I tend to overthink things. It’s one of the downsides of being a Type 6. So when I heard Anne Bogel of Modern Mrs. Darcy was writing a book on overthinking, I knew I had to get a copy.

Don’t Overthink It is a book about what causes people to overthink and, more importantly, what steps and tools can help people stop overthinking. The focuses on overthinking the small decisions in life such as whether or not to buy the supermarket flowers. However, I think some of the techniques can be helpful in some of life’s bigger decisions such as whether or not to change jobs.

I found a lot of the tips extremely helpful, especially the one about living your values and making small changes (or small splurges) to bring joy into everyday life. However, what was most helpful were the stories and anecdotes from Anne throughout the book. Anne is able to describe how overthinking has affected her life in a way that’s relatable and personable without being judgmental. Not only did I feel less alone in my tendency to overthink, but I also was able to laugh at myself through Anne’s stories.

I also really enjoyed the questions at the end of each chapter. Not only was it a good summary of what was discussed in each chapter (there is a lot of information packed into this book), but each question really had me think about how I could apply the tools to my own life. By breaking each chapter down into 4 or 5 key questions, I was able to take action without feeling overwhelmed.

I would highly recommend this book to any overthinker. This book is a joy to read and it felt like I was talking to a friend while still being helpful. If you enjoy engaging and actionable self-help books, this is the book for you!

I didn't think I "needed" to read this book - until I read the first chapter. In Don't Overthink It, Anne Bogel provides practical tips for regaining control of our thought processes. She encourages us to pay attention to our thoughts and choices, spend time deciding what really matters to us, and then gives us a variety of actionable steps we can take to simplify our decision-making process and free our minds from spending unnecessary time and  energy thinking (and over-thinking) about things that do not line up with the priorities that we've made for ourselves. And she does this in a very relatable, readable style. Highly recommend!

Let me start by saying, I am huge fan of Anne Bogel and her blog Modern Mrs. Darcy and I am also a member of book club. So it will not come as surprise when I was given the opportunity to read an ARC of her newest book, I was extremely excited.

I will also say this, I am absolutely not a fan of self-help books, but Bogel outweighed that con, and I am very glad that it did.

This book is short and sweet, and will give you tools, how to make better, easier decisions. I tend not to be a huge over-thinker myself, at least when it comes to my personal life, however, I can say this, I agree with many of her ideas.

She talks about routine, how not to over-think commitments, splurging, even meal planning and how to dress (think Steve Jobs). These are things that I know make life much easier, and Bogel lays these ideas in a very readable format. Bonus, at the end of each sections, she provides exercises which will make you think about how you handle these issues day to day.

I found this extremely enjoyable read and I loved how it reinforced many of the mantras I live by. She will give you many personal stories, they will make you and laugh and really think about you would handle that situations. Even if you are not a fan of this genre, I think you will find this a very enjoyable and easy read.

Thank you NetGalley and Baker Books for an Advanced Reader’s Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I never thought about how much I overthink things until I read this book. And it didnt make me feel bad about it. It's full of sweet stories that most people will relate to and offers helpful, practical advice to simplify your everyday decisions. If you love Anne's other books, add this to your collection. You will find yourself turning the pages again and again because it's that good.

As a fan of Anne Bogel's blog, podcast, and first two books, I couldn't wait to receive my ARC of Don't Overthink It.   Written in Anne's delightful, conversational style, Don't Overthink It delivers a dose of common sense while also giving the reader permission to chill out and take life as it comes. As an overthinker, I will admit that I was nodding my head pretty much the entire time I was reading this book. 

This is a book I recommend to all overthinkers.

I am fully enjoying Don't Overthink It by Anne Bogel.  Full of wonderful nuggets and encouragement for our busy lives and the age of information.  Gives great suggestions on how to manage going down the slippery slope of indecision. Highly recommend.

I was given an ARC of this book as part of the launch team. This turned out to be the perfect time in my life to receive and make use of this information. I found out that I am an overthinker and didn't even know it! I can't begin to describe how helpful this book has been.

In "Don't Overthink It" Ms. Bogel describes the many types of overthinking and includes excellent examples of each type. She provides quizzes to help you determine if and/or how you may be overthinking, examples of the effects of overthinking, and also a step-wise method to work through each type. This is an amazing, well thought out and well written book that I will keep close and refer to often! (And gift to my overthinking friends....)