Overthink This!

This week’s dilemma: would you rather paint half your face blue every Monday and go to work like that, or dance in your underwear for five minutes every time someone says the word “blue”?

We spiral into awkward office scenarios, Blue Monday, naked saunas, favorite colors, Power Rangers, and just how much public embarrassment a person can survive.

This week’s dilemma: would you rather be able to read everyone’s mind, or work from home for a full year?

We spiral into office distractions, awkward meetings, ethical chaos, hybrid work, and why hearing people’s actual thoughts might completely ruin normal conversation. Somewhere between psychic overload and remote loneliness, we try to choose a side.

This episode’s dilemma: give up the internet forever or let a coin decide every single decision in your life.

We spiral into Google Maps dependency, calling anxiety, getting lost as kids, and whether humans can function without WiFi. Somewhere between chaos and control, we try to pick a side.

In Episode 2, the dilemma is painfully healthy: would you rather give up sweets for a whole year, or work out for three hours every day starting at 5 a.m.?

We spiral into sugar addiction, coffee-and-cookie rituals, weird electrolyte water, impossible New Year goals, and why none of us are emotionally prepared to become morning gym people.

In the very first episode of Overthink This, the dilemma is already disgusting: would you rather spend Christmas completely alone, or chew a piece of gum you found under a random table?

We spiral into Christmas traditions, holiday loneliness, New York at Christmas, birthday trauma, weird gifts, and how far any of us would really go to avoid being alone during the holidays.

In this episode we talk about talents and begin good at something. Would your rather be mediocre or stop when you are finally the best?

Join our overthinking today about being Dutch. Even the dilemma bringer is confused!

This week’s dilemma: would you rather skip every minute of waiting while traveling and have that time deducted from your life, or never travel to another city or country again?

We spiral into platforms, airports, red lights, smoking, death, gray hair, and the deeply upsetting realization that most of life is apparently just waiting. Somewhere between adventure and lifespan, we try to choose a side.

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If Joan did a good job with the editing you will not hear her coughing, but it did inspire her the dilemma of this week.