Seems to me that life is about as good as we choose to make it. If you worry a lot, you'll find a worrisome future. If you're more laid back, you'll find a more laid back future.
We still make plans for the future, because it's fun to do so, even if nothing ever comes of the plans... simply "thinking together" about something offers a measure of connection.
This is so true! My husband and I do exactly the same although we know that many of our 'plans' won't come true. It is indeed fun to do. As I wrote just yesterday: "The future is going to have enough problems; worry about them as they arise, not now".