When I got to where we were going to terminate in a couple years, I reminded myself that it wasn't "today" each time I came in for therapy and I worked hard that session (and inbetween). Learning to shift my focus so it was in the present rather than the future helped me a lot. Work now to learn/do some things that will make then better? Concentrate on things you want to do with/have in your life (school, job, people, etc.) and how to become the sort of person you want to be. Keeping a journal helped me a lot too. Lots of things take practice and time; pretend you are in 9th grade, just starting high school, and thinking about graduation. There's plenty of time to do all that needs doing inbetween.