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You are an independent agent, endowed by God with the freedom to choose:

And now, my sons, I speak unto you these things for your profit and learning; for there is a God, and he hath created all things, both the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are, both things to act and things to be acted upon. (2 Nephi 2:14)

A massive portion of your situation is wholly within your control, including the ever-important perspective you choose to interpret the circumstances of your life:

And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves and not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given. (2 Nephi 2:26)

Be responsible for your life and what you use it for. Don’t blame other people for things that are your fault.

30 And now remember, remember, my brethren, that whosoever perisheth, perisheth unto himself; and whosoever doeth iniquity, doeth it unto himself; for behold, ye are free; ye are permitted to act for yourselves; for behold, God hath given unto you a knowledge and he hath made you free.
31 He hath given unto you that ye might know good from evil, and he hath given unto you that ye might choose life or death; and ye can do good and be restored unto that which is good, or have that which is good restored unto you; or ye can do evil, and have that which is evil restored unto you. (Helaman 14)

If you wish to improve, the place to start is by asking what you could do differently to obtain a better outcome.

Sometimes, some portion of your situation is due to the choices of others. Even then, 100% of what you can change about the situation lies in how you react to it. What are you going to do about it?