Consciousness is a vast ocean and thinking is the waves & ripples on the surface of the ocean.
Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.
Leave life alone. Let it be.
Mastery of life is not a question of control, but of finding a balance between human and being...Human is form. Being is formless. Human and Being are not separate but interwoven.
You cannot be both unhappy, and fully present in the Now.
To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present. Even if there is noise, there is always some silence underneath and in between the sounds. Listening to the silence immediately creates stillness inside you.