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oldbill4823:
What you did to day, is probably exactly what you did yesterday.
You will cycle through the same routines and habits as you did before.
Lets face it we are nearly automated habit performing machines.
We respond the same way to given stimuli again and again and again and again.
We think the same things, we say the same things, we have the same emotions, and on and on and on...........

 So a quick question.

Imagine that you now realise that you were stuck in a set of endless repeating pattern, until now that is.
You now have the ability to change just one set of actions in order to evolve.
What will you change tomorrow in order to escape groundhog day to the life you want? 

Let your imaginations rip.

ViciouslyMe:
I would design a machine and actually make it this time. Life would be fun.

Raziel:
I first encountered the groundhog thought experiment while reading a fanfiction set in the form of a time loom. The problem is the experiment also presents the stimulus you  encounter to be the same day after day while encouraging you to commit a different action set despite how the original action effected the experience. Normally we have the routines we do for comfort and practicality. As the result of adjusting to the current situation... However when we do adjust to our situations, we often stop creating new scenarios and thus become slaves to habit. Habit that does not allow us to explore further possibilities.

Its like the equivalent of being a couch potato. It weakens us by creating a form of security when we only achieve our potentials by trying new things, thus gaining experience created by new stimuli. This can be in the form of meeting new people trying new things or putting a new spin on an existing relationship, or habit. Basically it allows further development/renovation of yourself due to the introduction of new blueprints and building materials, whether conceptual or physical.

The problem is.... most people are scared of breaking out of the mundane world of habit. Of escaping the groundhog day scenario. They try to do this because they might lose a source of comfort, or income, a source of security or even just a source of free drinks and conversation.

Because they become "stagnant" they become the equivalent of furniture instead of becoming animals.

In the wild, animals, especially solo predators do not cling to habit because they are,  FORCED to search for their food and must explore new or unexplored places in this search. While they do return to same old haunts, they often leave because it is not a guaranteed meal.

This is the same with us humans. People who become slaves to habit  are used as furniture by the more dynamic thinkers and proactive members. They use them by using techniques designed to take advantage of the natural reactions of man to stimuli.
Some of these people are con artists, others are criminals, but still others are leaders, whether of groups or businesses or organizations.  Days do not just melt into a repetitive cycle of mindless habit for them because of all the new things that they do.  And this makes them attractive as well as adaptive. Causing new opportunities to be laid at their feet because people see them as vessels for change. Change which may very well include the betterment of the standard of living for them.

Basically what i'm trying to say is


Stagnation= same thing over &over again

Change = could end up badly but risk is minimized if you do your research. Eitherway, you find something new.

If you end the groundhog day. you'll have something else to adapt to. But the longer you wait, the more "chair" you become.


But chair are comfortable... but sometimes people weren't meant to be chairs, some may be knives, or shoes, or computers. Find what you wanna be. And then you can groundhog day that till it gets old. If it never gets old then fine. If you're basic motivator is "change" for the sake of change, then that's fine too. But yeah.... you're different...... just like everybody else.

ravinclaw:
Buy stock in a vodka company, move to Florida and start picking oranges. Then grow my hair long, get a Jesus robe and establish "The Cult of Screwdriver"..... yes there is more but I cant reveal that information. :-D

oldbill4823:
Chickens**t!

Go on i dare you.

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