> a long series of repetitive and routine work every day...aspects that are frictions / repetitiveness / tedious routines...this is what life is

Thanks. Just reminded me of this:

"One always finds one's burden again... He too concludes that all is well... Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy." (Camus, http://dbanach.com/sisyphus.htm )