I don't feel any incentive to climb

Last season I placed at Silver 1 after doing my promos, and I felt solid about making it told Gold in Season 6. This season I placed in Bronze one because my promos didn't go too smoothly but I was still motivated to climb. School comes around and I have less and less time to play. I play a couple of games when spring break finally comes along then I find that the horror stories of Dynamic Q were a grim reality. If anything, I don't even care that Riot has ostracized Solo players, but I no longer feel the competitive element in this game. Especially with all the smurfs and people who do massive premades being rewarded by Riot, the games have just gotten really annoying. I still enjoy playing normals, hell even blind pick playing solo proves to be more entertaining and rewarding than ranked. When I try to play ranked now, I just feel like far to many obstacles are stacked against me to get any results out of using my time. I promised myself that I would make it to Gold this season on my own cause I knew I was competent enough to do it. I was able to grasp Silver 1 and I'm far better now than when I was playing in Season 5. Idk what to say but this game just doesn't feel as competitive or rewarding.