every man is the architect of his own fortune
break
blamestorm
born loser
you're only as good as your last shift
you win some, you lose some
live by the sword, die by the sword
success has many fathers, failure is an orphan
washout
make-or-break
game over
epic fail
failingness
unfulfillment
loser
unsuccessful person
lay an egg
even chance
nonstarter
sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you
failure
sad sack
everything one touches turns to shit
sink or swim
even odds
finish
a miss is as good as a mile
lose one's way
mis-
death spiral
blaze
ill
plaster saint
fail
go wrong
maladjustment
hell
drop the ball
whose ox is gored
fall
pragmatist
nonfailure
take one's lumps
fail at life
self-acceptance
take it on the chin
get one's lumps
no joy
foil
run a risk
chagrin
misappreciation
nonperseverance
all-or-nothing
miscarriage
dead duck
borkage
law of diminishing returns
life's a bitch and then you die
weight of the world
nonsuccess
doomed
make or break
flop era
vicarious
deal breaker
starve
decay
in vain
premortem
viability
do-or-die
backfiring
come a cropper
don't hate the player, hate the game
impostor syndrome
fight a losing battle
no-win situation
malcontent
mental disorder
nonassumption
give something up as a bad job
unfulfilled
lost soul
twilight
another nail in someone's coffin
disadvantageous
defeatism
miscarry
I got mine
shipwreck
unfavorable
unfavourable
life-changing
bottler