Just read The Brothers Karamazov when you are having a bad day, because no matter how bad your day is, one of those Karamazov boys is having a worse one.
I yearn for competence. I want to be a competent adult. Not just in work or on my nichรฉ interests but life in general. To know how to fix stuff, to know a guy who knows a guy, to have incredible soft skills. It is a consummation devoutly to be wished.