Monotony=Death

"I feel monotony & death to be almost the same." Charlotte Bronte

Its so true. Monotony is almost equal to death. How can somebody go on living doing the same things everyday for years- get up at the same time, eat time to time, sleep on time, do the same things everyday. Its so boring. Life becomes so mechanical, its like you are not a human being but a machine which functions in a programmed manner. I wonder how people can live like that. Are they actually living or just dragging their life?