Groundhog Day

Day 241 / 366

Groundhog Day is an old comedy movie, the premise of which is that a guy gets stuck in a time loop, and has to live the same day over and over again. Why did I think of that movie today? It’s cause for today's blog I wanted to write about how my life right now feels like a time loop as well.

I start each day already behind schedule. I have a few morning calls, so I have to get up early to prepare for them, and then have to rush to reach my office before my team does. I then spend the rest of my day dealing with a backlog of tasks while new tasks keep pouring in. All this time I would keep thinking that once I get home I will sit and finish all of my tasks so that I can have a good night's sleep.

I reach home around 8 PM, and I am too tired to work. Soon enough it’s 9:30 and time for the US morning time calls. And when I am done with that, I gotta write this blog, as I start contemplating again whether I should stay up all night and finish my work or should I go to sleep and try to wake up early. I usually give up and go to sleep with my work half done, hoping for a new day that would go differently, but it never does.

I guess I am stuck in a rut. And I gotta find a way out of it. Thankfully this is not my first time, and in the past things like changing my routine, exercising, getting a new hobby etc. have helped me. After all, the only thing that will ever help you get what you want is taking action. I wrote all of this down so that I acknowledge it, make a plan to change it and stick to that plan. One thing’s for sure, I am going to get out of this loop.

“When you’re in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it”