Are you doing the kind of work you were built for, so that you can expect to be able to do very large amounts of that kind and thrive under it? Or are you doing a kind of which you can do comparatively little?
A shady business never yields a sunny life.
Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
To make headway, improve your head.
Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.