What's the point?

My question seems boring and bleak, but I honestly want to know. I have recently (within the past year or so) accepted the fact that no matter what I do in life, it will not matter in the long run. I'm not saying that in a "no one will care if I die" way; I'm sure quite a few people will be sad. What I mean is, say 100 years from now, very few if anyone will know I existed; 1000 years from now, I doubt the great great... great grandkids of the people that may have cared will be long dead, and society will have changed enough that death has a completely different meaning anyway. So, let's get serious and consider a million years from now, a time frame that is considered small to me on the grander scale, I doubt the human species will even exist. My point is, there is no point. I have no religion, nor do I want one. I firmly believe there is no afterlife nor a god. I'm basically saying that my true outlook on life is very bleak and quite a bit depressing.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

I know I try to live life in the present and look to attempt to plan for the near immediate future. To me, my life is what I will make of it to the best of my ability. The far away future is something I ponder about too--but I have found I must stay present focused and not dwell on the past or the future ---both of which I can't really control. I can control how I think about them however.

I am not religious either so I believe that life will be what I attempt to make of it, mistakes, failures and successes included.

What do you think?

Hello & Welcome, Mtime9!
My observation: The relationship between a person's mood and their formal outlook on life is null or, possibly, exceedingly complex. One can find

• happy atheists and depressed atheists,
• happy theists and depressed theists,
• happy -ists and depressed -ists.

Your outlook, even if "depressing," may have nothing to do with your actual mood. In fact, the salience of your outlook may distract you from searching for other causes for depression or from attempting to treat it.

Your philosophy of life is important. It may not, however, be the foundation of depressed mood.

What is the difference between having an impact now, and having an impact some number years into the future? If you were to have an impact now, it seems to me that the effect of that impact would be multiplied and carried through to the future in countless ways; whereas if you were to be able to somehow "save" your impact and not let it happen until the year 10,000, then it probably would have less impact, like compounding interest on money. Plus, as you say, it would be a different time, and your offering would be out of sync with the times and perhaps useless. But it seems your impacts now are priceless. Hmm. I find your question quite inspiring.