Overthinking Underachievers Mugs

"Will people ever say of me - he made his mark?"

"Bark or stare? Always a tough decision. Bark? Maybe stare? Whimper? Maybe? Meanwhile, stare."

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

Overjumpers

"Doing your homework may lead to a job that has homework."

'Wow! I never thought it would actually WORK!'

That party went well.

No Immediate Danger

"I figured out how to raise my grades."

"Well, if you're still awake when the time changes, you'll lose an hour of overthinking everything, too."

'I told you hard work would pay off in the third grade, Cate...You've had three job offers.'

Overloaded with extracurricular activities, Griffin's body began to grow an extra brain to cope with it all.

"Could you please downgrade this to a C? High expectations bring out the worst in my parents."

'The bad news is you failed all your courses. The good news is you passed the urine test.'

"This may be Malcolm Gladwell talking, but we were married on the wrong day!"

'They're a very successful family.'

"I'd like to be a shake-it-off kind of person, but I'm more of a cling-to-it-and-focus-on-it-until-it's-irrevocably-weaved-into-my-psyche sort of gal."

Workaholics Anonymous meeting: 'No one showed up. Everyone is working.'

'No ulcers shows me you haven't reached your full potential.'

"Stop applying! You've been accepted to three universities!"

"The chairman said he wanted to see you when you got out of hospital."

"Looks like a storm ahead, Captain." "I think you're being over dramatic."

"There must be some way of getting yourself fired."

"If I go to the party alone, will I be able to leave when I want? But then, there's always the possibility that I will get stuck talking to someone. I can't shake the problem is me. What if no one else likes me? I'm the only one being critical... The issue is I'm not enough and it's really so huge." "The over thinker"

Ladder of success"...Perhaps, you'd like our economy model."

Still a Disappointment to his Mother

"I do my best thinking in the shower... do I need to run 5 miles a day in order to take one?"

'As much time and effort as he puts into this job, you'd think there was some money in it.'

"You promised to stop bringing your work home."

"I asked you to hang a picture, how much more difficult can you make it?"

"My problem is I obsess over whether I worry enough."

"Thanks a bunch. I'll just run these by our committee and pass them along."

"With a good education you can grow up to be anything I want you to be."

"Duh!"

Interview anxiety