How do you make sense of life?

As with everything, I watch others try to do it, then I take whatever I think is applicable and leave out the parts which appears cringy.

Sense is a very personal thing, if at all. There is no intrinsic sense after all. Though you could make an argument for biological sense- survival and all that jazz.

I live minimalistically and try to keep busy until 1) either the time passes and I go through all the motions, or 2) I get an certain enough opportunity to end it all.

For me it is looking for books that tackle that question and find what clicks with me and my context.

When the feeling starts to go away, I just repeat.

Find your drive and just keep it going. It can be anything, your career, your house, having fun, games, anything, literally anything.