It is a good thing to progress through stages and roles in life.
Child > Parent
Single > Married
Parent > Grandparent
Student > Teacher
Apprentice > Master
Employee > Boss
Etc…
If you find that you are not progressing into higher roles it is a pretty clear indication that something is deeply wrong in your life.
Sometimes when i talk about my childhood my wife will say to me “I’m amazed that you’re even alive. Many people in your position would have gotten addicted to drugs or committed suicide.”
Somehow internally I always knew that there was a better life waiting for me out there in the distance somewhere.
And that if I had the will to act I could grab hold of it and make it mine.
So my advice is if you find yourself in a world without meaning move forward anyway.
There’s something better waiting out there for you.
But you have to have the will to move towards it and only then will it manifest.