I'm almost 50 and lost hope that humanity would reverse course on time long ago. I don't have a lot of hope for humanity and that makes me sad for my kids especially. But I live in the moment as much as I can. The future might look bleak, but the truth is we never know the future anyhow. My Christmas might look the same in 1 year as today. Or someone might die of cancer, we could be in a nuclear war, we could have had a horrific tornado or fiery car wreck etc. But today, I have shelter and heat and electricity, my kids and husband and our puppy and ferrets. We have presents under the tree, cookies on a plate. Life is pretty good today. And today is my main focus because no matter what is going on in the climate, there are a million other things that could take me out of the equation at any moment.