life is meaningless because meaning is created, and creation requires a process

i can’t see life being meaningful outside of any theistic context quite honestly, even when you boil it down to the science you’re actively analyzing and attributing meaning to stimuli which would make it apparent that meaning can’t reside in an objective dimension. however you could maybe even counteract this by saying in essence, we are life itself. so does this not pander to the narrative that life is meaningful regardless of whether it’s a process or not? now i’m a little torn.. but the first option still seems more logical