Where is the point?

There is no "point" to life...except what we choose for ourselves. The "meaning if life" is only one of the "great questions" because it has no set answer. The "point" changes over time, for each of us.It sounds like your great philosophical dilemma is rooted in the fact that you have achieved that which was most important to you: you have a family. In effect, you "beat the game" and now you don't know what to do.But nobody can tell you what the meaning of your life is or will be. You can only decide for yourself what makes you feel fulfilled.

Don't restrict it to the "near" future, but essentially, yes.What we do matters because our actions affect other people, both our contemporaries and our descendants.More, this is the only life we have - we don't get some magic reset button for a new life after death. We can't wait for heaven, because it will never come. The world is how we choose to make it, collectively, and whether we make it a paradise or a hell is up to all of us.To make a movie reference: "God doesn't make the world this way. We do."There's no metaphysical reason for anything...but people have value, and improving the lives of people is a worthy goal without the empty promise of heaven.

Many Christians have many goals...in the end, we all determine the meaning of our own lives, even when that means choosing from among religious interpretations. For some, heaven is a significant factor, and for others it is not.I emphasized heaven only in pointing out that I feel that an atheistic perspective with no afterlife provides a firmer foundation for working to improve the world - it's not okay to just give up and hope the afterlife will be better, because this is all we have.And frankly, I don't care what metaphysical belief you attach to what I think is important in life (clearly I disagree) - but I'm always happy when others agree that improving this world is a worthy goal, and I think that's far more significant than whatever else we use to dress it up.