Today's wisdom says you need to quiet your mind and shut out these constant thoughts.

Turns out, this wisdom might be off-target by a wide margin

When faced with complex problems, we know the brain will hit a point of virtual overload. When this happens there is a switch over to subconscious mind processing. A mind shift towards creative problem-solving.

It’s like the conscious mind becoming overloaded and saying

“Get this fecking problem out of here so I can get on with active processing.”