I’m always lost

Title, ive played this game quite a bit and i love it, id safely say ive put around 10 hours or a bit more. But ive found a very frequent theme, I never know where to go. Ill follow the markings or whatever and when boji waves at me, but i always get lost and have no idea how to get to the next objective, and i just end up constantly going in circles trying to find the right path, am i missing something?

TLDR: i constantly get lost without direction, any tips?