Let me give you a wonderful Zen practice. Wake up in the morning...look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.
People get stuck a lot because they're afraid to act; in the worst case,...we get so attached to some end result that we can't function. We need help just to move on, only life doesn't wait.
We freeze up because we expect a certain result or because we want things to be perfect.
Hope's interesting, isn't it? I can't turn hope off, it's hopeless.