@clacke one of the major selling points of a practical stoicism book I read was to internalize goals.
The outcome of making an effort is a nice thing if it worked out, but given you as a single entity amount to so little in a system as huge as a society or a world, even, or just something small because of so many pieces being in play, that ultimately, you're much better off setting your goals like "do your best to make it happen", not "it must happen".
Because you're just putting factors beyond your universe of direct influence on your bad side. Combined with negative visualization ("imagine life without what makes it easier") I've had some success on the worst of days.
Also, kittens.