Is 90% of life one long re-run of the same routine over and over?

  • vladdt
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    		 The way I see it, it is. No matter who you or, rich or poor, young or old, we all get stuck in one boring as hell routine or another. Get up, eat, go to school, go to work, come home, eat, sleep. Get up, eat, go to bingo, watch "my stories", knit a sweater, eat, go to sleep. Get up, check stocks.........Then, there's maybe a measely 10%, where we're actually doing something with our lives, whether it be having fun, having an interesting conversation, being on vacation, what have you. To me, it's a pretty lousy trade-off, and I really cannot see wanting to live past 50.Oh, boy, now I'm old, time for the same routine but with some other fun stuff thrown in: arthritis, dementia, taking 50 pills a day, alzheimers, gee, sounds like a blast.
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  • Saruman_w
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    		 Well, if you're unhappy with the way things are going then take initiative, or do something spontaneous, or perhaps pick up an interesting hobby. Oh wait.... that requires effort and you don't like that sort of thing. Whelp, guess you're SOL.
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  • PirateNinja6
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    vladdt wrote:
    The way I see it, it is. No matter who you or, rich or poor, young or old, we all get stuck in one boring as hell routine or another. Get up, eat, go to school, go to work, come home, eat, sleep. Get up, eat, go to bingo, watch "my stories", knit a sweater, eat, go to sleep. Get up, check stocks.........Then, there's maybe a measely 10%, where we're actually doing something with our lives, whether it be having fun, having an interesting conversation, being on vacation, what have you. To me, it's a pretty lousy trade-off, and I really cannot see wanting to live past 50.Oh, boy, now I'm old, time for the same routine but with some other fun stuff thrown in: arthritis, dementia, taking 50 pills a day, alzheimers, gee, sounds like a blast.


    Life doesn't like us, it's not supposed to.
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  • Ilikethepixies
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    Saruman_w wrote:
    Well, if you're unhappy with the way things are going then take initiative, or do something spontaneous, or perhaps pick up an interesting hobby. Oh wait.... that requires effort and you don't like that sort of thing. Whelp, guess you're SOL.


    Damn... every once in a while you drop a gem, Saruman.

    I agree. People are quick to avoid personal responsibility for their lives.

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  • bassman21
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    		 Snap out of it vladdt. It's not good to have these thoughts. Yes my routine gets old too, but as least my life is free of all the drama other people have. If you're tired of the same old routine try something different. Redo you room, take a different route home once in a while, watch a new TV show, take up a new hobby........

    Find solutions!
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  • adventure_of_link
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    Ilikethepixies wrote:
    I agree. People are quick to avoid personal responsibility for their lives.

    Yes, and this is how we end up with all these dumb lawsuits and pushing blame on others.
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  • MattNash
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    		 I understand you, Vladdt. That's why time goes by so fast when you're an adult. You go from being in high school and saying, "man, is my freshman year EVER going to end?" to "HOLY SHIT! Where did my twenties go?!"
    But like everyone says, if you want an interesting life, you gotta make it interesting.
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  • vladdt
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    		 Well, I've still got another 30 years until 50....hmm. Even if it was a fairly boring routine, if I could just find, a routine, that I was fairly happy and complacent with, it'd be good enough. Right now, what I eventually want from life is: a nice quiet night/graveyard shift job, editing medical records, or doing some type of otherwise mindless data entry; or even being some sort of file clerk. Mainly something quiet, indoors, and as far removed from dealing with people as possible. I'm a very quiet, introverted person, and I like to avoid people if I can. That said, I can fake my way through tolerating/dealing with extroverts, when I absolutely have to. Thanks for the various feedback.
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  • frito23
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    adventure_of_link wrote:
    Ilikethepixies wrote:
    I agree. People are quick to avoid personal responsibility for their lives.

    Yes, and this is how we end up with all these dumb lawsuits and pushing blame on others.


    or even worse in prison!!! :shock:
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  • Doctor Serious
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    		 This thread needed a bump solely on the merit of its content. It's like one of those Indie dramas that's actually not too artsy while still conveying a deep message that's easily related to. Great job.
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  • Riphard
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    		 yeah like ghostbusters or the rocketeer.
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  • Stickykeys09
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    		 Stop making nihilism so damn depressing. It's not.
    You have to go out and make your own meaning.
    "It's all a joke! Everything anybody ever valued or struggled for... it's all a monstrous, demented gag! So why can't you see the funny side? Why aren't you laughing?" - Batman: The Killing Joke
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  • Sense of Self
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    Stickykeys09 wrote:
    Stop making nihilism so damn depressing. It's not.
    You have to go out and make your own meaning.


    Thats existentialism, get it right. man 8)

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  • badfish
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    		 90% of life is one big routine , but you gotta make that other 10% really count
    Sense_of_Self wrote:


    A spoonful of bullshit helps the medicine go down.
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  • Stickykeys09
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    Sense_of_Self wrote:
    Stickykeys09 wrote:
    Stop making nihilism so damn depressing. It's not.
    You have to go out and make your own meaning.


    Thats existentialism, get it right. man 8)



    True true, but I think it really all ends with nihilism. If existence precedes essence, then at the end of the day it does not matter what you think it means, it is still objectively meaningless. Thus, I guess I am an existentialist, but it is not like my subjective meanings apply to anyone else, thus lack of objective meaning. However everything I just said is technically subjective.

    Plus saying you're a nihilism sounds cooler and makes you sound like far less of a jack ass haha.
    "It's all a joke! Everything anybody ever valued or struggled for... it's all a monstrous, demented gag! So why can't you see the funny side? Why aren't you laughing?" - Batman: The Killing Joke
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  • Shazbot
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    		 Yes, life will have many routines. Why? Because life works in cycles, therefore routine is simply an effect of being alive.

    I don't necessarily mean that we are all meant to wake up at the same time each day, eat the same foods, take the same route to the same job, etc. But think about it, our circadian rhythms try to regulate our sleep cycle, our hair grows in cycles, our reproductive systems work in cycles too. Even the Earth itself is rotating and revolving over and over in an endless cycle. We are just a victim of circumstance, everything we are is a product of a world and biology that force us into their routine.
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  • minimaster58
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    		 There are INFINITE possibilities of things you can do with your life, you just need a little oom-pah to go out and do them.
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  • Echidna64
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    minimaster58 wrote:
    There are INFINITE possibilities of things you can do with your life, you just need a little oom-pah to go out and do them.


    Yeah dude, start with the small stuff and move on from there
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