What is one thing in your direct control (ex: taking a different job, not winning the lottery) that you feel that if you had done, it would have changed the trajectory of your life, either positively or negatively?

Taking a different job is not in my direct control. Nor is “not winning the lottery”.

I have to apply, and then the decision to be hired is completely hinged on others.

I cannot control the odds of the lottery, either.