No matter your current state, you can make deliberate choices now to be happier, thus giving you more control over your emotions and your life.
https://yourmeaninginlife.com/blog/how-you-can-choose-to-be-happy
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