A common theme around truths about life is accepting others' choices while making your own choices to make your life the best that it can be. You can't control others, but you can control yourself; it makes your life a lot easier when you focus on what you can control and ignore what you can't.
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