There was a girl named Lin who lived in a quiet neighborhood. Everyone around her liked her… but she had one problem: she overcomplicated everything. Any simple situation would turn into a big issue in Lin’s mind. If she wanted to do something, she would think about it from every angle until she got anxious and overwhelmed. One time, she decided to take a simple course—but in her mind, it wasn’t simple at all. She started thinking: “What should I wear? If I dress formally, it’ll be too much… if I dress casually, it’ll seem like I don’t care… what if everyone is better than me? What if the instructor asks me something and I don’t know how to answer?” She spent two days thinking… and never signed up. Another time, her friend told her: “Let’s go out for a simple outing.” Lin started again: “Where? How long will we stay? What if we’re late? What if something happens?” In the end, she canceled. A third time, her mother asked her to order food over the phone. She picked up the phone and started rehearsing in her head: “Hello… I’d like to order… no, maybe I should say it differently… what if they don’t understand me?” When they answered, she got confused and hung up. Her mother looked at her and said: “What happened?” Lin replied nervously: “It felt like a big deal…” Her mother laughed and said: “My dear… you’re drowning in a shallow puddle.” Lin stayed quiet, because she had heard that phrase many times before. She knew the problem wasn’t that things were difficult… the problem was that she made everything harder in her mind. One day, she sat with herself and thought: “How many things have I missed just because I was afraid?” From that moment on, she decided to try in a simple way. Not to change everything at once… just to take small steps without overthinking. The first time she successfully ordered food without hanging up, she smiled to herself and said: “Maybe the water wasn’t that deep after all.”