Have you got 'the world on a string'? Or does it seem more as if the world somehow has got you on the end of a lead? Are you being pushed and pulled around by circumstances you have no real control over? In all relationships of leader-follower there is a degree of mutual dependency. The very thing that you now feel so 'controlled by' has the potential to be controlled by you. Try dropping the objective that you seemingly cannot achieve. Once you stop feeling beaten, whatever you need to find will find its way to you!