It sucks but work continues. Life is quite busy and I agree that a lot of people live in the moment. I think it's just because they prefer to have things now. I think it's better to think about the future though because anything could happen and being more prepared is better.
Having things now, or a purposeful life now, to have better things in the future? People don't seem to see the momentary value of building for the future. They seem to see it as time down the toilet instead.