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This can lead to what psychologists call overcommitment, where people pour themselves into their work, even when the rewards do not justify that level of effort.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

The snare of adulthood — embodied in Maum’s depression or Smiley’s sheer overcommitment — often demands simplification, a great stripping-back.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2021

As Sam Fox, a mid-tier actress raising three daughters and keeping an eye on her aging mother, Pamela Adlon is the patron saint of exhausted overcommitment.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2019

Tatum’s partner in the sketch, the deadpan comedian Charlyne Yi, is not a dancer at all and makes no particular effort to impersonate Jennifer Grey’s Baby—making Tatum’s overcommitment to the Swayze role somehow even funnier.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2015

For Regina, discussing Bobby’s overcommitment to chess with Nigro was a hopeless endeavor.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady