I was reading a book "Practicing the power of Now" by Ekhart Tolle.I found the book very authentic in terms of its information and application.Tolle says that your future depends upon the level of your consciousness in the present moment.Get all your energies focused in the now.Exist in the Now.Don't drive your identity from the past but rather act like the person you have always wanted to be in the moment of now.If you are stuck in waiting,then you are totally skipping the present in search of a better time in future.Or a bad time.Either anxiety or false hope makes life stagnant.I really loved the message of that book.Hope you will find it useful,