In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to
~Robert A. Heinlein
performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.
Monday Muddle: abdicated, abducted
abdicated: (past participle of verb to abdicate) gave up or renounced one’s duties, position, or power abducted: (past participle of verb to abduct) kidnapped; taken away by force