Quagmire
To see yourself bogged down in a quagmire, signifies your inability to meet obligations and that you are stuck in a daily non-exciting routine.
To see others bogged down in a quagmire, denotes that you will be affected by the failures of others.
Dictionary definition
- n. 1: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack]