What does "take life as it comes" mean?

[NewHopeR]

Context:

A watch that goes around the streets in a boy's pocket has to
take life as it comes.

 

[paul.moss]

Context:

A watch that goes around the streets in a boy's pocket has to
take life as it comes.

It's an idiomatic expression meaning having no clear plans for the future or feeling uncertain about it.

 

[5jj]

It can also have the idea that you have to accept whatever happens to to, good or bad.

 

[NewHopeR]

Thank you both.