If nothing of pointful meaning exists in life, then one rejoices that one's atoms and molecules have won the lucky atom contest, and are sitting atop the heap of materiality. One does the Sartre, assessing, choosing, and maximizing the relative good. This is better done by Maslow:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs
Kindly note that most philosophy is done of the individual, by the individual, for the individual, reflecting what is within. In your question, would note that "making stuff up" is what humans do qua homeostasis or internal/inner/interior monologue; consciously, this is termed "philosophy and hypothesizing," subconsciously, this is termed fantasy, dreaming, and imagination.
To the degree that one's psyche-dynamics are in some aspect(s) conflicted, the inner self tends to experience fear, doubt, human questioning, deathness (Freud's thanatos shtick.) Properly applied/achieved, Maslow's being-cognition transcends/heals such splittism.
Beyond the human, there is abundant evidence for God, including miracles, the moral wonder within, the starry heavens, etc.
Suggest you would benefit by reading:
Man's Search for Meaning;
For Couples Only;
The Path of the Higher Self;
Beams from Meher Baba;
The Great Divorce, and possibly
Mere Christianity, and Autobiography of a Yogi.