 overthinking. Sian Bylock calls this phenomenon paralysis by analysis. Paying attention takes time. It can disrupt the flow, the sequence of events, and can bring into conscious awareness aspects of our skill that should be better left on autopilot. It's kind of odd to think that paying attention to something could hurt it, but we've all had this experience. It's kind of like, you know, imagine if I asked you to shuffle down the stairs and think about your knee while you're doing that, you'd fall on your face.