Overthinking is the Biggest Cause of Unhappiness.

It took me 9 years to beat overthinking. Here are the 8 ways you can beat overthinking:

1. The problem is rarely the problem.

99% of the harm is caused in your head, by you and your thoughts.

1% of the harm is caused by the reality, what actually happens, and the outcome.

Most of the time, the problem isn't the problem. The way you think about the problem is.

2. Avoid self-rejection.

Don't think you deserve that opportunity? Apply for it anyway.

Don't think your article is good enough? Publish it anyway.

Don't think they'll reply to your email? Send it anyway.

Never overthink yourself into self-rejection.

3. Silence and time.

The truth is, most problems aren't solved with more thinking.

You'll find most of the answers you're looking for in silence, in time, and with a clear mind.

If you can't solve a problem, stop trying to.

4. An important question.

When you start criticizing yourself for past mistakes or seeing disaster around every corner, ask yourself:

"Is there anything I can do right now to change the past or positively influence the future?"

If the answer is yes, do it take action. If the answer is no, be at peace - let it go.

You have to take action or let it go, everything else is self-harm.

5. The power of now.

You're not going to overthink your way to a better future.

You're not going to overthink your way to a better past.

All you have is now.

And what you can do with now can make right of your past and make good of your future.

Make peace with yesterday, let go of tomorrow, and grab hold of now.

6. Acceptance is peace.

No amount of anxiety will change your future, and no amount of anxiety will change your past.

Peace is found in acceptance:

- Accept imperfection.

- Accept uncertainty.

Accept uncontrollable.

You don't have to understand, tolerate or even forget something, but if you want peace, you must accept it.

7. Fact-check your own thoughts.

Your thoughts will create scenarios in your mind that reflect your insecurities, fears, and worries.

So it's important to always fact-check your own thoughts before accepting them.

Because, in highly emotional situations, your thoughts will tell you stories that aren't true.

Fact-check yourself.

8. Health starts in your mind.

You can go to the gym, eat healthy, do yoga, drink water, and take vitamins.

But if you don't directly confront the negativity in your thoughts, you will never truly be "HEALTHY".

Our health isn't measured on scales, by the size of our muscles or by the width of our waist.

True health is measured by the quality of our thoughts and the peacefulness of our minds.

Bugatti Veyron - 8 litre W16 engine 1000+ horsepower

It is without a doubt one of the most complex car engines ever produced. A complexity that is as unreasonable as it is excessive and useless because V8s of similar displacement can easily rev just as fast and with 2 turbochargers only would develop equivalent power with fewer cylinders, therefore in principle with better thermal efficiency.

Crankcase and one cylinder head of the Bugatti W16

The Volkswagen Group (VAG) certainly chose to develop this crazy 16-cylinder monster since it already had the W8 and W12 in production, themselves initially developed from the VR6. Thus a W16 was only a relatively small development step from the W8 and W12 and it could use some common parts, while a large and powerful V8 or V12 would have been a totally new development. Another point that must have been influential is the prestige provided by a 16 cylinder engine: a V8 would appear too common for rich snobbish people!

Cutaway of the W12 6.0 TSI used on the Audi A8 and Bentley Continental

Technical specifications of the various VR and W VAG engines. I made this table for the tech file Evolution des moteurs VW / Audi VR et W

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The W16 shares its 86 mm bore with the V6 3.2 FSI and W12 6.3 FSI. A twin-turbocharged V8 of 120 mm bore and 90 mm stroke would have a displacement of 8143 cm3 and could rev all day long at 6500 rpm. It would be externally smaller and weigh less than the Veyron’s 400 kg W16 monster while developing equivalent power and torque. A Chevrolet big block, in its most heavy all cast iron variant, weights about 310 kg (680 lbs) complete with ancillaries! The aluminum versions are at around 250 kg.

Brian Callahan's answer to What is the weight of a Chevy 454?

Edit: The main and rod bearings on these W engines of the VAG group are very much stressed. Their crankshafts are so short that the journals and crankpins have an extraordinarily small width: the rod bearings are only 11.6 mm wide and the main ones 15.8 mm. It is clear that the specific loads on these bearings are very high and that the use of an oil too fluid when hot is dangerous in this case. Those engines require a suitable lubricant which meets very special specifications established by Volkswagen: VW 503 01 whose grades are generally 0W-40 or 0W-30 but with an HTHS viscosity at 150 ° C> 3.5 mPa.s or VW 504 00 whose grade is generally 5W-30 but HTHS viscosity at 150 ° C> 3.5 mPa.s

Crankshafts of the W8 and W12 of the VAG group compared with those of conventional V8 and V12. Motortechnische Zeitschrift (MTZ) picture

The V angle between the cylinder groups of the W16 being 90°, the rod journals are not split