When you finally get your wallet up to date, and its staking, make sure you click on File, Backup wallet. For those who always see NOT SYNCED but also never see the bar at the lower part of their wallet, sometimes you need to shut down your wallet and delete a few files before your wallet recognizes its mistake. You can safely delete this file blk0001.dat since it will always be downloaded, replacing the one you deleated. The only real files YOU NEVER WANT TO DELETE are .... ember.conf and wallet.dat all other files and folders can be deleted in an attempt to get the wallet running propperly. Keep in mind if you delete the file called CURRENT, you will always have to download the entire block chain for the wallet, and that file will also be autogenerated back to where it belongs.

I hope this helps and lets hold these coins to 1000 sats!