Are you the type of person that struggles to grasp the concept of routine? Here’s everything you need to know. In the movie Groundhog Day (if you haven’t seen this yet, then go do that right away!), Phil (the protagonist) finds that he is in a sort of a time warp, living the same day over and over again. There’s a scene in which Phil talks to a local at the bar. Phil: What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was exactly the same, and nothing you did mattered?