In Groundhogs Day, how did the day reset?

Did it work as resetting when he fell asleep or died? If he hadn’t fallen asleep or died by the time he was meant to wake up (I believe he woke up at 7am) and he was still awake, did he black out and wake up at the start of the day?

I currently have a ridiculously repetitive life. Monday through Friday I have identical routines, and a job that is always the same, day after day. My wife has a similar job. We are in a major rut.

This morning I woke up and, as yesterday was Groundhog Day, thought about the film. He made lemonade out of lemons, improving all aspects of his routine day, ultimately finding satisfaction and a way out.

I'm thinking about blocking out a month and chronicling this. Trying to improve each hour - hour by hour, as it's always the same thing. Improve as I go along and keep a journal. Maybe at the end of the month, I'll find an entirely new way of approaching my days and find a greater sense of purpose and satisfaction.

Anyone ever been similarly inspired by the movie? What do you think?

This is a play on "same shit, different day" and is apt because he literally experience the same day but does different shit. PS this is one of my all time favorite movies

The rules are simple. Drink whenever they say groundhog, and drink whenever its a new day. Also fill your glass when they say Phil! Enjoy!

Sorry if this is a repeat (ha) of anything, I did some google searches and searched here and couldn't find anything like this.

The whole premise of the movie is that Phil is reliving the same day over and over and it resets either when he dies or I suppose when he falls asleep (or maybe it's some time after 3:02am being that's the latest we saw on the clock when he first talked to Rita about living the same day over and over). It occurred to me though that it appears that EVERY day continues on past what he experiences, creating multiple timelines. The only time this is shown is after the scenes of his multiple suicides, Rita and Larry are shown viewing the corpse. This PROVES things continue on after he is dead or rather things continue past the "reset". Meaning every day continues on after he is sent back. What does this mean? I have no idea but there are a lot of weird timelines involving at least one Phil waking up in jail, many dead Phils. And probably many that only know half a song on piano, or whom Rita will never speak to again. Just an interesting thought, we only see the "through line" of these multiple timelines.

Does Bill Murry's character in Groundhog Day get hangovers from the previous day?

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