First, if you're feeling really tired, just relax and have fun. There's no point in exhausting yourself all day long. It's almost Christmas, ain't nobody got time for that. Yes, you will find confusing and contradictory info. Just trust yourself and follow your own intuition on what is best. At the end of the day, that's really all any of us can do.

Second, I met a successful Aber on another forum. His explanation of how this stuff works is the most simple and comprehensive I've seen and I think it's a good beginning point, plus it lines up mostly well with my own experiences. Here's how it goes:

1. Release resistance on your desire. Basically this is about accepting negative emotions, radically accepting life as it is, challenging and letting go of limiting beliefs, practicing self-love, finding inner peace and awareness. He recommended meditation and EFT to release emotional baggage. The point is to get into a state of inner peace about our desire, or the "neutral zone."

2. Focus on your desire with thoughts of having it, focus on what you like about it, imagine your life with it, feel like you have it. Stay in the good-feeling place about it, be confident about it. (I think everyone can agree on this since it's pretty much the common theme everywhere).

Meditate for at least 10 minutes in the morning. This is a great way to start the day. Give thanks to the universe  for waking up.

Ask for your desires.
Give gratitude for already recieving them.
Visualise the end result.
Affirm that you can have your desires and you do have your desires.
Ignore your current reality.
Focus on your desires and feel good. If you have a low moment, meditate.

You need to trust the universe and be patient. But don't worry about the timing