The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.

-Barack Obama.

You could do something. Any task is a good task so long as it’s not wasting time. Even if you feel overwhelmed, starting a task helps to achieve your goal, and a bit of planning can make it more manageable. But if you need a good night’s sleep, then you need to get down (although you might need to get up to get down). It’s no good trying to achieve something if you’re not focusing properly and end up doing it wrong. With a bit of energy, you’re better off getting on with it to make good things happen, although it is nice when they materialise without any effort, it feels better when you’ve accomplished something. You’ll also have a bit more time on your hands. And even if the task’s not going to benefit you, it might benefit someone else and it gives them good cause to perform a good deed in return. You might even be rewarded for so simple an act.