Meditations is essentially a collection of individual thoughts so its a great read for busy people. If you have time to read 3 sentences, you can put it down, pick it up weeks later and not miss a thing. I hope you find interest in exploring it. It's almost more useful as a reference book than an actual read.

Stoicism's stance on "no way forward" would be that you do not dwell or despair but accept & move your focus elsewhere.