You may not need a better life as much as you need to notice the one happening around you.

The impulse to improve your life can crowd out the experience of the one you have, which is happening whether or not you are attending to it. Some of what people are looking for through change is available through attention, though not all of it, and the two are worth separating.

Before your next attempt to change something, spend a week actually noticing what your days contain. Then decide what needs changing. Some of the list will have quietly resolved.