Not Overthinking
The weekly podcast about happiness, creativity, and the human condition. It's us, Ali and Taimur Abdaal, occasionally joined by guests, talking about things to help us think, do, and be better.
Things like social interaction, lifestyle design, mental models... Things that are hard to examine, but important to explore. And hopefully, things that make for a fun and interesting chat every week.
We'd love for you to join us.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 158
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
2019: The Not Overthinking Review
In (by far) our longest episode yet, we look back on 2019. First, we go through the Not Overthinking catalogue — we talk about the episodes that stood out to us (both good and bad!) and our key takea…
01:28:47 |
Sun 29 Dec 2019
Social Interactions - Comfort, Messaging and Life Enjoyment
In this episode, we discuss our favourite topic - Social Interaction - from the lenses of (1) comfort, (2) etiquettes of messaging and (3) the pinnacle of the human condition. We wonder about the val…
00:48:51 |
Sun 22 Dec 2019
How to get rich (without getting lucky) - Tweet Discussion
In this episode, we discuss a Tweetstorm entitled "How to get rich (without getting lucky)" by Naval Ravikant. We touch on (1) wealth vs money, (2) financial freedom, (3) long-term thinking, (4) leve…
01:10:37 |
Sun 15 Dec 2019
External appearances vs internal experiences
In this episode we talk about the external appearances of different lifestyles and how they differ from the internal experience of living them. We also dig into Ali's mindset when it comes to YouTube…
00:50:35 |
Sun 08 Dec 2019
Inner Rings - The Desire to Fit In
In this episode, we discuss our desire to fit in, to be part of the 'cool kids' group, to be part of what CS Lewis calls "The Inner Ring". We share some instances in our own life when we've succumbed…
00:52:19 |
Sun 01 Dec 2019
Intentional Socialising
In this episode we talk about how we socialise — the different types of social events we take part in, and how we take part in them. We talk about how we, for the most part, leave our social life dow…
00:55:27 |
Sun 17 Nov 2019
Being Weird
In this episode we talk about 'being weird'. We explore the merits of being weird, the different ways in which people can be weird, and some of our personal experiences.
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00:46:58 |
Sun 10 Nov 2019
Conflict and Communication - The Roommate Relationship ft. Molly
In this episode, Taimur acts as a relationship therapist and digs into the (strictly platonic, for the record) relationship between Ali and his roommate Molly. We discuss our feelings about living wi…
00:59:32 |
Sun 03 Nov 2019
Treating your personal life like a business
In this episode we talk about a new theory of Taimur's — that we should treat our personal lives more like businesses, and treat our businesses more personally. We explore two aspects of "business th…
00:46:04 |
Sun 20 Oct 2019
Small Talk & Social Awkwardness
In this episode, Ali tells us about a party(!) he recently attended, and how he approached the social interactions there. We talk about how we approach conversations with new people, whether it's oka…
00:44:12 |
Sun 13 Oct 2019
Book Discussion: "The Magic of Thinking Big"
In this episode, we try a brand new format! We go through Ali's Kindle highlights, from 4 years ago, from the book "The Magic of Thinking Big". We end up talking about mental restraints, making good …
00:48:55 |
Sun 29 Sep 2019
Will a new iPhone make us happier?
In this episode, we try to formulate an algorithm for buying new tech. We try to figure out when it's worth upgrading our iPhones, and how to think about new purchases in terms of their contribution …
00:54:43 |
Sun 22 Sep 2019
Invisible Shackles & Life Scripts
As we grow, we're subconsciously exposed to various 'life scripts' that can have a profound effect on the way we lead our lives, without any conscious control on our own part. In this episode, we dis…
00:48:55 |
Sun 15 Sep 2019
What do we want from this podcast?
In this episode, we reflect on what we've been doing for the past 6 months with this podcast. We talk about why we took a break last week, whether we should have an episode every week vs every 2 week…
00:40:03 |
Sun 08 Sep 2019
What's it like to be internet-famous? Ft. Sara Dietschy
This week we're joined by a very special guest — Sara Dietschy, tech and creativity Youtuber and podcaster (links in the full show notes). In this episode, Taimur interviews Sara and Ali about being …
00:49:52 |
Sun 25 Aug 2019
Is being negative ever acceptable?
In this episode, we discuss whether negativity is ever okay. Taimur discusses why he didn't like an Ed Sheeran concert we attended, and we try and figure out whether expressing negative views about s…
00:37:05 |
Sun 18 Aug 2019
Birds, Supersonic Jets, Internet Businesses and Trophy Hunting
Taimur and Ali feature as guests on the Episode Party podcast. Along with hosts Jack and Freddie, we discuss an episode of (1) The Casual Birder, (2) Indie Hackers, (3) Should This Exist, and (4) Rad…
01:08:45 |
Sun 11 Aug 2019
How do we make friends?
In this episode, we discuss the various strategies we use to make friends. We start at primary school (aged 4) and examine how our tactics for making friends changed over time to the present day. We …
00:47:03 |
Sun 04 Aug 2019
Procrastination, Money-making, Rejection etc - Answering your Questions
This episode is a Life Advice Q&A that Taimur and Ali did as part of Ali's 300,000 YouTube subscriber milestone video. We answer questions about startups, procrastination, motivation, productivity, m…
00:26:03 |
Sun 28 Jul 2019
Startups, Coding and Making Money Online - An Interview with Taimur
In this episode, Ali interviews Taimur about his life. We discuss how he learned to code, how he made money online by selling psychic readings, and how he uses Twitter to explore fame and fortune.
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00:39:51 |
Sun 21 Jul 2019
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