Okay, so I’ve been messing around with this “clock groundhog day” thing, and let me tell you, it’s been a trip. I started by just thinking about the concept – you know, the movie Groundhog Day, where the same day repeats over and over. I wanted to see if I could somehow capture that feeling with a clock.
First, I grabbed an old analog clock I had lying around. Nothing fancy, just a basic one with hour, minute, and second hands. I didn’t want some digital thing; I wanted the visual of the hands moving, constantly circling back to where they started.
My initial idea was pretty simple: I just watched the clock. I stared at it, focusing on the second hand ticking away. I did this for, like, a solid hour. Honestly, it was kind of meditative at first. You get lost in the rhythm of it.
- Set up the clock on my desk.
- Stared intensely.
- Got slightly hypnotized.
But then, it got boring. Really boring. Just watching a clock tick isn’t exactly thrilling, even if you’re trying to channel Bill Murray. So, I decided to spice things up.
Next, I tried resetting the clock every few minutes. I’d let it run for, say, five minutes, then I’d manually move the hands back to the starting point. This was a little more engaging, because I was actively doing something, but it still felt kind of… pointless. It just showing the clock working as a clock.
Adding Some Randomness
This is where things got a little more interesting. Instead of just resetting the clock to the same time, I started picking random times. I’d spin the hands and wherever they landed, that’s where I’d start the clock again. This introduced an element of unpredictability, which was a nice change.
The final step, it worked, and I have record every step I did above, I record my journey and share with all my friends.
