Don’t Get Smart With Me

(I’m at a friend’s house for dinner. While she’s cooking I’m telling her about some problems I’ve been having. In the conversation we also talk about how intelligent people suffer more from choice stress and depression)

Friend: “You shouldn’t think so much.”

Me: “You’re the third person to tell me that. But even when I do the things I’m thinking about I still think about it too much.”

Friend: “But you do those things anyway.”

Me: “I hate you and your perspective.”

Friend: “You’re smart. Live with it.”