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Answer largely depends if you believe in god or reincarnation. I do and for me it's quite easy to imagine a lot of things. Improving your actions, help people's, improving the world, having childrens...
There is literature about it, by the way, and it could be good for you to explore it if you feel that way towards the matter.
That's like asking "what's the point of a frog?"
Said better than I could ever try.
To make connections in new and surprising ways that you talk about to other people. Or The point of life is to increase entropy. Or The point of life is to secure resources that allow that life to continue on in the way that that life decides to, based on that life’s structure
I like your first answer better, even if I agree with it less.
You can worry about the meaning of life after you have secured its continuity. Prioritize.
But luckily as humans, we have developed brains so big that we realized that isn't the only purpose of life. For humans, the purpose of life is:
Pleasure.
Doing whatever it takes to make yourself happy, hopefully not at the expense of others. Some people never achieve happiness, some achieve it early with few resources. Some people achieve it over and over as they age and different things make them happy.
In my 20s, building great software and doing well at work made me happy. In my 30s, that continued to make me happy, but since I had some money, adding great meals and fun travel made me happy. In my 40s it's spending time with my kids that is what primarily makes me happy. Who knows what it will be in my 50s and beyond.
You have to find what makes you happy within the resources you have.