You rehearse conversations that will never happen
And replay ones that did, looking for the mistake.
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Stop replaying decisions, conversations and things you said years ago.
A course on overthinking as a habit with a mechanism. It covers what rumination is doing for you, how to interrupt it, and how to tell useful reflection from the loop that never ends.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I overthink decisions, conversations and things I said years ago. Help me understand what overthinking is doing for me, interrupt it, and get back to living instead of replaying.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
- Best for
- Decision-making
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- What do you overthink most: decisions, conversations, what people think of you, or the past?
- When is it worst: at night, before events, or all the time?
- Have you tried to stop, and what happened?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
Small decisions take days
Which restaurant becomes a referendum on who you are.
Night is the worst
Your head starts the moment the lights go off.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06What overthinking is
Rumination and worry, and why they feel like problem-solving and are not.
What it is trying to do
Control, certainty and the illusion that enough thought prevents mistakes.
Catching it early
The signs a loop has started, before it has you.
Stepping out
Techniques that actually interrupt rumination, and the ones that feed it.
Deliberate reflection
A time and a method for the thinking that is worth doing.
Nights
What to do when it starts as you try to sleep.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Understand the loop
See what overthinking is trying to do and why it never succeeds.
Interrupt it
Notice a spiral early and step out of it.
Reflect on purpose
Keep the useful thinking and drop the rest.
Ideas this course corrects
Overthinking means you are thorough
It means you are stuck. Thorough thinking reaches conclusions.
You can think your way out of overthinking
More thinking is the problem. The way out is attention and action, not analysis.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course on overthinking as a habit with a mechanism. It covers what rumination is doing for you, how to interrupt it, and how to tell useful reflection from the loop that never ends. It sits under Decision-making in the Work & ambitions part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I overthink decisions, conversations and things I said years ago. Help me understand what overthinking is doing for me, interrupt it, and get back to living instead of replaying.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.