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So you have to focus on an outcome that is highly positive for you in terms of your abilities and capacities and the compounding you envision for yourself over the course of 5 years.
Focus on that. Cultivate that mindset. Build that habit to consciously focus on having a highly positive outcome. Then things will be better.
When you are thinking of how to not be doomed, you are actually focusing on a state of being doomed, which will lead you there. At the end of 5 years, you might even think, oh well, it was inevitable because of the 3 year gap. DON'T MAKE IT A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.