Hey @dedicatedguy, hope you're having a good day!

but in the meantime, this inactivity can turn into despair as we eventually get tired of waiting and frustrated by the situation in which we are in.

That is so precise. We are creatures of habit and tend to become what we do. We need to act in order to get motivated to act further.

they could focus their attention on short term and very simply goals that are easy to accomplish

Again, absolutely true! Focusing on the near future and taking one step at a time helps a lot, mainly due to the fact that depression is often caused by the feeling of hopelessness for the future.

I enjoyed this read so much!