Healthy desire for growth-enabling experiences is a normal part of life; desire causes problems when you seek addictive/destructive substances and behaviors or agonize over things that you cannot have.
https://yourmeaninginlife.com/blog/desire-is-only-missing-from-the-depressed-detached-and-dead
You decide what meaning the events in your life have to you.
https://yourmeaninginlife.com/blog/you-can-find-meaning-in-whatever-happens-to-you
Asking where you see yourself in five years is a good exercise to determine both where you're going and what you want to be doing today to reach your desired future state.
https://yourmeaninginlife.com/blog/where-do-you-see-yourself-in-five-years