Benefits Of Groundhog Day

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Going into the unknown for new opportunities is more beneficial than living in your daily routine that doesn’t change. Living in your daily routine that doesn’t change every day will become boring and uneventful, as appose to going into the unknown for new opportunities. An example would be the movie Groundhog Day. A weather man is sent to cover a story that he calls “rat”, he gets really frustrated with the story because it is his fourth day on the story. As he awakes the next day, he realizes its Groundhog Day again. He is unable to leave the town due to a blizzard. First he finds this to be burdensome and unavoidable no matter what, but as he comes to the realization that Groundhog Day may be his fate for eternity, he also comes to other

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