I live in my head a lot.
Anyone who hangs around me knows this - or at least should have caught a glimpse of it - because I speak my mind, no matter what, and I always have a lot on my mind.  There's not a whole lot wrong with that, always thinking, because sometimes that thinking manifests into prayer.  Thinking is an educational process as well, anyone who's ever come up with a sound conclusion knows this to be true.  The words I type get formed in my head first, sentence by sentence, and if it wasn't for that who knows where these topics would end up.

Thinking isn't a bad thing.
Getting lost in my head...well...

I start out with a situation - a new development, crisis, or crossroads - and I begin to contemplate on it.  There's confusion...surprise...worry...epiphany...hope...doubt...
All these things, depending on the situation, all most likely coming to the same conclusion of me having to just leave it in God's hands.  Let him have control.  Understand that I can't see the big picture, and no matter what it's His will be done and he knows what he's doing.

You see.  I've got that prayer down.

Problem is, I still think about it.  I still go into my head and imagine every hypothetical outcome.  I try and figure out what exactly the next step is, and what I'm supposed to do, if even I'm supposed to do anything.  I try to envision what God's seeing, and by doing that I'm going against my own rules by living in the future - one that is guaranteed by God as long as I Love him now - and not just living each day as it comes.  I'm in my head, and I forget where I am.

I compare it to that state of Limbo.  That "dream-within-a-dream" as described in the movie Inception.
Once you're down there, and as a dream always feels so real to you while you're there, it's hard to remember that this isn't the real life you're supposed to be living.  You see, it's all about perspective, and in order for one to get out of Limbo, they have to recognize first that they are even dreaming, and therefore change their perspective.

Living in my head can be the same way.  I can think and pray on a situation and give it to God all I want, but if I stay there longer than it takes to do that, then my focus is in the wrong place, and I'm not living the life that I'm supposed to be living.  Dwelling on a situation never does it any good, and yet that's my state of mind almost constantly.  It's the source of all my worries and insecurities, and it's easy to stay there because it's so easy to forget that -

that's
not
really
where
I'm
at.

So I'm learning how to take a different perspective.
And when I say perspective, I mean literally.

First things first, I stop thinking.  Then - I look around me.  I look at my setting and take in every detail; the room, my position, time of day/night, anyone else around - what they do, who I am, why I'm here, so on and so forth.  Almost always I look and notice the empty spot next to me, and I have no choice but to smirk; because I imagine Jesus sitting there next to me - reminding me that I'm not alone in this.  Sure, I may want a girl to be there someday, but that's not for me to worry about.  In fact, there's nothing for me to worry about.

That perspective doesn't always keep me from thinking, but it's enough to get me to snap out of that state of Limbo, and always long enough for me to do whatever I need to do to move ahead.  It's all about telling myself that this is who I am, this is where I'm at, and this is all that matters at the moment.  God can handle the rest as long as I let him.  Quoting from the same movie:

"Take a leap of faith...live with no regrets."