some mountains would be nice

except for the really fortunate, most of us would have been there.

A long stretch of time doing and fixing things to move ahead, but each attempt fails.
The more you try the less things change, and you feel powerless, helpless, pathetic.

It might be school, or it might be work, or it might be a relationship.
People around you say, 'be grateful,' and they are right. You might be in a good school, or in a lucrative job, or in a fun friendship, all cause for appreciation.
In fact you do. It's just that you're unhappy.

Is it because you want more, or is it because you want something different?

So you try to change things, but your efforts don't seem to work. You start to feel trapped and you start to feel miserable.

You're now walking through the great plateau with no end in sight