I was also in a bleak situation many years ago, and out of "impatience" (G-rated substitute word if there ever was one), I went on Tinder and surprisingly found a girl pretty fast. Things went well initially and we were on our way to starting to form a relationship. But, as stated in the beginning, my situation was very bleak; I needed her more than she needed me. She sensed this quite quickly and straight up ghosted me, and my very bleak situation became 10 times bleaker. It took me a few months to get over it, but also made me grateful she did what she did, because we had totally different reality tunnels and only connected on a physical level (and even that wasn't really much of a connection; I guess we were both being "impatient").
So the moral of the story is, be careful what you wish for. I know an occultist who "manifested" a woman out of thin air just to get laid, and she was baked noodles times a 1000 who wouldn't leave his house.
Maybe your impatience is trying to tell you to be more patient.
Not saying totally abandon your project of finding a girlfriend, but maybe prioritize some things, like making yourself better. It will make you feel better about yourself. Honestly, when you get to the point where you feel like you are all you really need in this life, for some reason someone arrives out of thin air to become an expansion pack for your growth and you become the same for her. People say it's the universe; but who knows what it is. Maybe it's just some chemical reactions, pheromones and hormones and mindset that builds up after you work hard on improving yourself that become an "X factor" for the opposite sex. Many women have a built in sixth sense in relation to these things. If by some miracle, tomorrow you find that ideal woman, she will sense your "impatience" and leave you like what happened to me, and TRUST ME you will feel way worse than you might be feeling right now.
So in summary, I say don't completely abandon your desire for a girlfriend, but start getting your stuff together and laser focus on that. If you do that, you will naturally attract people around you because people respect hard work in others and can sense when someone is putting in work or slacking off in life. You'll feel more confident as well and believe in yourself.
Anyways, that's all I got. Best of luck.