Why is life worth living as an atheist?

[Alex87]

I once saw this question being asked to matt dillahunty by a christian he was debating with and he seemed to freeze when he was asked what is the point of life for atheists.
It seems like the most easy to answer question ever in my opinion. I personally live to achieve different goals, now im not exactly a high flyer in any sense but i love working hard for achievements thats just me. I love going to the gym and pushing it to the limit, ive had other times where ive dedicated months to learning spanish, or randomly learning about science, or other months where ive randomly got into doing art using photoshop and illustrator.
Theres a million things an atheist human can live for. exercising, learning, fucking, dancing, drawing, reading, writing. If anything all of these things are MORE important to an atheist since an atheist knows this is the only life they are getting so they better make damn good use of it and experience all they can while they are here.
Its the same thing when asked why would an atheist ever feel the need to be kind. Because this is the only life im going to get and it feels good to know in short time im here ive tried to do a bit to make the world a little bit of a better place to live in.

Thanks for your reply.

Yes we all set short or long term goals to achieve certain things that either give us certain emotions or spiritual fulfillment or material things or whatever. My issue is that there seems to be approximately a repetitive pattern in the things we do and feel if you think about it (if we consider fractal theory for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal). So if everything is more or less the same and there is no purpose it makes you wonder why its worth going through it again and again. It is not about setting new goals or finding new things to replace playing with toy soldiers.

May i ask why do you want to make the world a better place to live in? Isn't that just a way to improve your surrounding habitat so you are more comfortable or because you want your children to have a better chance of survival? Is it your love for the human race or are we just programmed like that?