When you adopt an internal locus of control, you put yourself in the driver's seat of your life. If you maintain an external locus of control, at best you are helpless to others and, at worst, you try to petition authorities to control others for you.
https://yourmeaninginlife.com/blog/the-value-of-an-internal-locus-of-control
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