The adage, Keep it Simple Stupid does suggest that Smarties Keep it Complex.<G> I think, and this is really just my opinion, that gifted people will always be looking at the prismatic nature of life, and this tends to make their lives a little more complex than others. OTOH, when I have utterly confused myself with "If I do thus, this will happen, and then that could happen..." and start to think like a kitten with a ball of wool...I go to the other side of my brain, which is located in my husband, and get the straight answer from him. Oh how it pleases him when I trust him with an important question, admiting that I don't have all the answers...I never realized how powerful this tactic is before I met him and even in our early years together. (His predecessors were pretty dumb...actually; he is my first smart man.) By the time I've finished explaining the problem, I may even have sorted it out, but it is a pleasure to see how quickly and surely he processes the information, and how often his conclusions are so much more effective than mine would have been. He is very bright in his own right, and yes, he does exactly the same thing that I do with his own great questions. Tries to see all the elements, all the places where the plan could fail, until it has become so complicated that sometimes it is really very silly. How special I feel that his important decisions are about our family and the rest of the world is pretty much left to its own devices.
Sometimes I wonder why he makes things complicated, but it is his way of trying to make sure all the possibilities are covered, that no threat can sneak in under his radar. Still, when I've confused myself with the same behavior, he is able to see clearly and directly, straight to the answer I was seeking.