Heey, you know I was only kidding about skipping through :P

And yeah, I think you've told me that motto thing before and I remember liking it then as well, it's a good idea to live by, because even though it doesn't seem particularly bad for you, it is draining in the end to spend time with such people. And besides, being a lot around people who are negative and inactive about their lives eventually makes you adopt a similar mentality.