Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This week, we chat about a bunch of recent life updates – Taimur's house move, parenting challenges (including the joys of childhood allergies), and our ongoing attempts to stay vaguely fit with martial arts and self-defence. We also dive into thoughts around work, purpose, and how we try to make sense of our lives through the stories we tell ourselves.
Chapters
00:00 Navigating Life Changes
02:58 Health and Fitness Journeys
06:01 Martial Arts and Self-Defense
09:56 Parenting Challenges and Allergies
19:44 Finding Meaning in Life
29:10 Reflections on Fulfillment
30:07 The Search for Meaning in Modern Life
35:24 The Role of Duty and Responsibility
38:37 Navigating Modern Abundance and Existential Questions
45:56 Finding Fulfillment in Shared Projects
54:13 The Narrative Nature of Meaning
🎙 About the Podcast - Not Overthinking
Not Overthinking is a podcast about happiness, creativity, and the human condition. We talk about things to help us think, do, and be better. Things like social interaction, lifestyle design, mental models...things that are hard to examine, but important to explore. And hopefully, things that make for a fun and interesting chat every week.
Follow Not Overthinking on Twitter: twitter.com/noverthinking
Check out our website for show notes: notoverthinking.com
Follow us on Instagram for bite-sized podcast clips: instagram.com/notoverthinkingpod
🎧 Listen for free on your favourite Podcast platform - search "Not Overthinking" on your podcast app, or click these links
Apple Podcasts - podcasts.apple.com/pk/podcast/not-overthinking/id1456538451
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/1Zo2yYgEYWRRpF2jTcNP5R
Google Podcasts - podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL25vdC1vdmVydGhpbmtpbmc
👬 Who are we?
Ali Abdaal is YouTuber based in London, UK. He makes videos on a range of topics to help people live their best lives and is currently writing a book.
Ali's YouTube Channel - youtube.com/aliabdaal
Ali's Twitter - twitter.com/aliabdaal
Ali's Instagram - instagram.com/aliabdaal
Ali's Blog - aliabdaal.com
Taimur Abdaal is a data scientist and writer, working on his own startup Causal (https://causal.app/). He writes on his blog and as a columnist for Medium.
Taimur's Twitter - twitter.com/taimurabdaal
Taimur's Instagram - instagram.com/refrigerated
Taimur's Blog - taimur.me
Leave us a Review
If you enjoy the podcast, we've love for you to leave us a review on iTunes. This helps other people discover the show - podcasts.apple.com/podcast/not-overthinking/id1456538451
This week, we chat about a bunch of recent life updates – Taimur's house move, parenting challenges (including the joys of childhood allergies), and our ongoing attempts to stay vaguely fit with martial arts and self-defence. We also dive into thoughts around work, purpose, and how we try to make sense of our lives through the stories we tell ourselves.
Chapters
00:00 Navigating Life Changes
02:58 Health and Fitness Journeys
06:01 Martial Arts and Self-Defense
09:56 Parenting Challenges and Allergies
19:44 Finding Meaning in Life
29:10 Reflections on Fulfillment
30:07 The Search for Meaning in Modern Life
35:24 The Role of Duty and Responsibility
38:37 Navigating Modern Abundance and Existential Questions
45:56 Finding Fulfillment in Shared Projects
54:13 The Narrative Nature of Meaning
🎙 About the Podcast - Not Overthinking
Not Overthinking is a podcast about happiness, creativity, and the human condition. We talk about things to help us think, do, and be better. Things like social interaction, lifestyle design, mental models...things that are hard to examine, but important to explore. And hopefully, things that make for a fun and interesting chat every week.
Follow Not Overthinking on Twitter: twitter.com/noverthinking
Check out our website for show notes: notoverthinking.com
Follow us on Instagram for bite-sized podcast clips: instagram.com/notoverthinkingpod
🎧 Listen for free on your favourite Podcast platform - search "Not Overthinking" on your podcast app, or click these links
Apple Podcasts - podcasts.apple.com/pk/podcast/not-overthinking/id1456538451
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/1Zo2yYgEYWRRpF2jTcNP5R
Google Podcasts - podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL25vdC1vdmVydGhpbmtpbmc
👬 Who are we?
Ali Abdaal is YouTuber based in London, UK. He makes videos on a range of topics to help people live their best lives and is currently writing a book.
Ali's YouTube Channel - youtube.com/aliabdaal
Ali's Twitter - twitter.com/aliabdaal
Ali's Instagram - instagram.com/aliabdaal
Ali's Blog - aliabdaal.com
Taimur Abdaal is a data scientist and writer, working on his own startup Causal (https://causal.app/). He writes on his blog and as a columnist for Medium.
Taimur's Twitter - twitter.com/taimurabdaal
Taimur's Instagram - instagram.com/refrigerated
Taimur's Blog - taimur.me
Leave us a Review
If you enjoy the podcast, we've love for you to leave us a review on iTunes. This helps other people discover the show - podcasts.apple.com/podcast/not-overthinking/id1456538451
