We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next.
The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.
When I was in Philadelphia during the Depression in 1930 or '31, I got a very sad job as a night watchman in a garage. The cars in the garage had been abandoned by their owners, since they had lost their jobs and couldn't keep up the payments.

