Funny. But not "ha, ha" funny.

Life's a funny thing, isn't it?
It seems to go on regardless of what you want, need, care for, dislike, ignore etc. It's just life, and it controls itself, not bothering to pause for explanations, breaks, time off or anything. And all we ever do is try hard to catch up with it.
I'm not talking about life in general (the usual "oh, life is so complicated, why can't people just get along" etc). I'm talking about our own personal life. My life your life. Their life. Our own little Master and Commander, holding the controls of what we do and what we can have. It's like we're just passengers, enjoying a ride with the driver called "My Life".
Now, before you start saying about how finally, I have been revealed before you for the pseudo-romantic that I am, please keep this in mind: I'm right.
Ha! You never saw that one coming, did you?
Here's the thing. You can try doing a lot of things in your life, and they might or might not work out how you expected. You want one thing, you need another, and you end up getting something else. And then you keep on complaining how your life is out of control, you wish you could change it, blah, blah...
I am providing an alternative to that. Your Life is not out of control. Your Life is in control. You also cannot change Your Life. Your Life has a mind of its own. You can try to influence its decisions and actions, but at the end of the day, it makes its own decisions.
So, instead of trying to inforce things onto Your Life, struggle to make it work the way you want it to, try a different approach. Consider yourself to be in a relationship with Your Life. This means that a) you cannot always get what you want and b) you can get some things, but only if you put your thoughts through in such a way that will make you both happy.
Try to learn what Your Life wants, needs, and is happy with. Then, try to find a compromise that suits you both. In that way, perhaps things can be a bit easier on both of you. And maybe, just maybe, you can learn to enjoy living with it.

Good luck!