Meaning often follows responsibility accepted willingly.

Responsibility that is imposed often feels like weight. Responsibility that is accepted, chosen with your eyes open, tends to produce the opposite: a sense of place and purpose. The difference is entirely in the choosing, which is why volunteering for something can change how it feels to carry it.

Look for a responsibility you could take on deliberately rather than waiting to be assigned one. Something real, with consequences. Willing weight sits very differently on you than the assigned kind.