If you focus on yourself as individual, your are limiting yourself to your lifespan, and sure everything seems meaningless in perspective. Think of yourself as

If you focus on yourself as individual, your are limiting yourself to your lifespan, and sure everything seems meaningless in perspective. Think of yourself as a part of humankind - you can contribute big or small to the goal of continuing the existence of humankind and its further expansion - with your work, raising children, other. Ultimately, there is no meaning given to us from any source (given that you are not religious), and you search and choose your own.