{"id":1981,"date":"2023-02-06T02:50:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T02:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=1981"},"modified":"2023-02-06T02:50:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T02:50:22","slug":"atrapados-en-el-tiempo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2023\/02\/06\/atrapados-en-el-tiempo\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuck in time"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week has seen the start of the month of February, which also has its celebration dates, even if they\u00b4re not as well known as those from other months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, February 2nd is marked in some places around Spain as the holiday of Candlemas, or \"las Candelas\", as they call it in C\u00e1ceres, my home town. I remember when my sister and I were children; we used to dress up as \"campuzas\" (wearing traditional costumes from our region), and join the celebrations near the chapel of Saint Blas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ireland also has a celebration for this time of the year, specifically on February 1st: the Celtic tradition used to celebrate the holiday of Imbolc<\/em>, which later on, with the arrival of Christianity, became Saint Brigid\u00b4s day, honouring Ireland\u00b4s female patron saint. Interestingly, the Celtic tradition considered this date to be the beginning of spring... Spring? Already? But how can it be, with this cold? Yes, it\u00b4s true, it\u00b4s still cold, but if you look carefully, around this time you will start to see little new plants sprouting, new life growing, after it all being kind of asleep during the winter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And speaking of winter, another tradition for this time of the year, this time in the United States (sorry but I forgot the name of the town) is Groundhog Day, which supposedly predicts if the winter will continue for a while or if spring will be arriving soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Groundhog<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be honest, I probably remember this groundhog thing for the same reason as many of you, a movie that became very popular back in the day: \"Groundhog day\", translated into Spanish as \"Atrapado en el tiempo\" (\"stuck in time\"). In this movie, a sarcastic and grumpy TV reporter finds himself having to re-live the same day, February 2nd,, Groundhog Day, over and over again, until he finally learns from the lessons Life is sending him, and becomes a much more authentic person,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This plot is so well known nowadays that when somebody tells us they\u00b4re \"living in Groundhog Day\", we totally get it, right? They feel trapped in a routine where every day looks the same. So how can we get out of there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, maybe the movie itself can give us a few clues. On the one hand, I heard or read somewhere that when every day looks the same to us, and the months and years pass by without us noticing, it\u00b4s because we\u00b4re not learning anything new... On the other hand, sometimes it feels like Life keeps putting the same situation in front of us again and again, and we keep stumbling over the same thing all the time... Could it be that we need to learn a better way to manage that situation, so that we can \"pass\" and get to the next level?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u00b4s very easy, and very tempting, to complain about routine and monotony in our day to day life, but that\u00b4s how we forget that the power to make every day count is actually in our hands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what do you think? Do you feel like you\u00b4re living in Groundhog Day? And which is the song that plays on repeat for you every morning when you wake up?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Esta semana hemos empezado el mes de febrero, que tambi\u00e9n tiene sus fechas se\u00f1aladas, aunque no sean tan famosas como las de otros meses. Por ejemplo, el 2 de febrero se celebra en algunos lugares de Espa\u00f1a la fiesta de la Candelaria, o \u00ablas Candelas\u00bb, como se la llama en C\u00e1ceres, mi ciudad natal. Recuerdo … Continue reading Stuck in time<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":1980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"\u00bfA qu\u00e9 te recuerda el d\u00eda de la Marmota? \/ What does the Groundhog bring to mind?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DPtR-vX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3531,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2024\/04\/01\/celebraciones-primaverales\/","url_meta":{"origin":1981,"position":0},"title":"Springtime celebrations","author":"binarybea","date":"01\/04\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a1Felices Pascuas! \/ Happy Easter!","rel":"","context":"In "Palabras"","block_context":{"text":"Palabras","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/category\/palabras-words\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Group of four curved bowls forming a circle, full of coloured powder: blue, pink, yellow and red, on a grey surface sprinkled with some of the coloured powder","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/pexels-photo-2041707-392035021-e1711926650239.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/pexels-photo-2041707-392035021-e1711926650239.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/pexels-photo-2041707-392035021-e1711926650239.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/pexels-photo-2041707-392035021-e1711926650239.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/pexels-photo-2041707-392035021-e1711926650239.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1699,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/10\/31\/tradiciones\/","url_meta":{"origin":1981,"position":1},"title":"Traditions","author":"binarybea","date":"31\/10\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Todas las \u00e9pocas del a\u00f1o tienen sus tradiciones, y en el hemisferio norte, ahora nos tocan las de oto\u00f1o. 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