Again, that would sound like a general statement about life, though you can apply the word to individual activities: Work has been so monotonous lately. You can say that your life has become monotonous, or if you like the 'life is.' formulation you started with, it certainly works there, too: Life is monotonous. This word usually has a negative connotation, much like boring or repetitive. Another good alternative, suggested by Mistu4u, is monotonous.If you really want to change, you might say that it seems like your life is standing still, but you want to move forward. You might say that things are getting old, or that you're getting tired of doing the same things day in and day out. If you're getting bored of doing the same things every day, you might describe it as tedious, or as a noun, tedium, as in the tedium of daily life.Of course, habits can refer to both good habits, like brushing your teeth regularly, and bad habits, like smoking. And any activity you engage in on a regular basis can be called habitual. If you don't exactly form the habits on purpose, then you might say you're falling into a routine. Do you make it a habit to clean for ten minutes every day after you get home from work? Then you can use that word.

(Some people skip over this detail and just say daily routine.) That means something you do every day, though you can also use it to describe things you do only on weekdays, in which case you might say weekday daily routine or daily routine on weekdays. You can talk about your daily routine.So how do we describe things we do regularly, over and over again? It does sound like a general statement, though, and not a description of specific things we do over and over again.

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