Old Soul, I hate to be a wet blanket, but that  overused old Einstein quip is not really psychologically valid.  Having worked in the field with the truly mentally ill I'd say insanity, the inability to know reality from fantasy or have any reasonable control over ones thoughts and behavior, is quite different and more serious than the issue you are describing.  At worst, extensive repetition  is a ritualistic neuroses or obsession, at best, it's perseverance--"If at first you don't succeed, try try again", as in the old Scottish fable of the warrior inspired by the repeated efforts of the spider.....