I am certainly no expert on this, but isn’t this a central tenet of Buddhism? The idea that life is characterized by what has variously been translated as “suffering” and “unsmoothness”—a vague feeling of dissatisfaction or discomfort?
Tactically, I think your suggestions are useful and have found many of them helpful in my own life.
Thanks for this, as always. What does “don’t do stupid stuff” look like to you?