It doesn't have to be fun to be fun.
Some of us wake up. Others roll over.
Crested Butte is for spectators; Chamonix is for participants.
Everything costs something everyone pays
You become what you do. How and what you become depends on environmental influence so you become who you hang around. Raise the standard your peers must meet and you'll raise your expectations of yourself. If your environment is not making you better, change it.
...and while ambition sleeps inside of me I content myself with memories of glitter and despair.