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Am I NPC-ing My Own Life?

How much of your week runs on autopilot versus conscious choice? Score your routine dependency, agency, and novelty frequency.

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How much of your week runs on autopilot? When did you last do something genuinely new? When you make decisions, how much agency does it feel like? Ratio of things you do this week you want to do vs things you feel you have to When were you last genuinely surprised by your own life?

Answer questions about your routine, decisions, and last time life surprised you. Podge returns a score on the autopilot spectrum.

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NPC score weighted by routine level, time since last new thing, perceived agency, obligations ratio, and last genuine surprise.

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Fully scripted week, cannot remember last new thing, mostly going through motions, almost all obligations: score 18/20 — running a script.

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Is routine bad?
Routine is efficient and often necessary. The question is whether your routine reflects choices you actively made or whether you have ended up inside a week that runs itself without your participation.

What is NPC mode?
NPC stands for Non-Player Character — a video game character following a preset script with no real agency. The cultural shorthand has expanded to describe a person going through the motions of their life without making active choices about it.

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Disclaimer: This is a self-assessment prompt for reflection, not a clinical or psychological assessment. Results are based entirely on self-reported data.

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