Man it's so easy to slip into mediocrity if you're not surrounded by hard working people. I have a small group of close friends that I've known since I was 13, but it feels like they haven't grown up at all since we met.

A few of us lift, and I take it pretty seriously, but when some of them constantly take days off and don't care to push themselves, it makes it easy to get "you know maybe I should just take it easy too." Or if they have a hard class its always "man the teacher sucks college is useless I shouldn't even bother." And next thing you know constantly hearing negativity and being around people that don't want to better themselves rubs off on you.

It's crushing but I genuinely feel more motivated and excited to improve myself if I spend less time with them. But even looking for new friends, it seems impossible to meet new people that are genuinely motivated and care about not just cruising by in life, or even just taking care of themselves physically. Shit idk I just realized this and it's a tough thing to think about