Sometimes blankets get wet | overthinking and control
📓 Wednesday, May 6, 2026 — 8:25 p.m.
I used to think more thinking would solve everything.
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Rumination.
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If I replayed the problem enough…
maybe I’d eventually land on the answer.
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But it doesn’t work like that.
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Too much thinking just traps you in loops.
Thinking.
More thinking.
No action.
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That became clearer to me last night.
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My dad was watering the grass.
At night.
Something he never really used to do.
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Scooby—my sister’s dog—was locked in his kennel next to the hose.
And he wouldn’t stop barking.
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Scooby likes fighting the water.
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The more he barked…
the more irritated my dad got.
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You could feel the friction building.
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Eventually Scooby got let out.
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My sister got home later that night and saw his blankets soaked.
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“Omg, why are Scooby’s blankets wet?”
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But Scooby was free.
That was the win.
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Before she got home, my dad kept saying:
“Don’t let him loose. He’s gonna muddy the yard.”
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And I said:
“I’ll clean it up if he does. I’ll take responsibility.”
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Sitting there…
I realized something.
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I’ve seen this pattern my whole life.
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Control everything.
And when friction appears…
blow up.
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And honestly?
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I think I used to do the same thing mentally.
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Try to control every outcome through thinking.
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But life doesn’t work that way.
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Sometimes things get messy.
Sometimes blankets get wet.
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And sometimes the better move…
is to stop trying to control everything
and just deal with what happens next.
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💬 Reader question
Do you think overthinking is really about fear… or about control?
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If this felt real… I write moments like this.
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