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going through the motions 

To go through your everyday life in a mechanical manner, as in:
waking up,
going to work,
getting back home,
watching TV,
going to sleep,
repeat.

After an amount of time, it becomes really annoying and boring.
Makes you wanna kill yourself or start using drugs.

Also, an awesome song from "Once more, with feeling".
God, ever since the holidays began I've been going through the motions and doing the same damn thing every day with a total lack of interest.
Maybe I should get some pot.

going through the motions 

to go through the motions - to make a feeble effort to do something; to do something insincerely or in cursory fashion; to do something because you are expected to do it and not because you want to; to do something without believing it is important
Jane isn't doing her best. She's just going through the motions.
Bill was supposed to be raking the yard, but he was just going through the motions.
These days when we go out, cook a meal together, or even make love, I get the feeling that he's just going through the motions.
After his wife died, he went through the motions of living, without feeling much of anything.
the highly emotional state you find yourself in after consuming e pills (extacy). the person often becomes very loving towards others as a result of taking the "love" drug. the following day if some of these emotions seem really gay and not like you at all, you can simply pass them off as e-motions
bil- well, do you realise how yoked you were last night?

paddy- ya, i think i remember telling you all how much i loved ye and how much i miss my family

bil- that was hella-gay

paddy- what can i say, thats my e-motions for ya?

bil- you wanna do some more?

paddy- yarp
e-motions by bil.i.am November 13, 2012

Hoing through the motions

When you’re a hoe but you’re also depressed about being a hoe
Regina smashes a lot of dudes but ever since she caught feelings for Jake and he just wanted to hook up she’s just been hoing through the motions.

mentions 

being referred to; usually applies to being mentioned on Twitter's timeline
Star Jones mentions were in a mess when she bad-mouthed Olivia Pope.
mentions by onetntsis April 10, 2013

case of the mentions

when someone constantly brings up a crush/significant other in conversation. usually at the start of a new relationship.

more prevalent in females. usually most severe when in small groups made up of friends of the same sex.
friend 1: "i'll have a bud light."
friend 2: "oh, that's john's favorite beer, too!"
friend 1: "you've got a severe case of the mentions!"
friend 2: "i'm sorry! he's just so wonderful. i can't stop thinking about him!"
case of the mentions by Catherine M. November 25, 2007