Three of my biggest decisions were made at 3AM.
Not because the night is wiser. I was too tired to keep overthinking.
During the day every decision went through the same loops: am I good enough, what are people further ahead doing, what could go wrong.
Late at night those loops ran out of energy, and what I actually wanted was easier to hear.
Three decisions came out of those nights. I dropped Bio Science after admitting I didn't want to study cells and wanted to build things. I moved to the UAE once I stopped listing reasons it was risky and bought the ticket. Nayrix started with a name I wrote down one night, and by morning I'd registered the domain.
None of them looked sensible at noon. I'd make all three again.
What the overthinking was for
Overthinking felt like care. Mostly it was protection, from embarrassment and from failing in public.
Tiredness took that away for a few hours. What was left was the decision I'd already made.
I'm not recommending sleep deprivation
Sleep matters.
But if a decision keeps you up, notice what you'd choose when you're too tired to argue with yourself.
Then check it again after breakfast.