Become capable enough that your existence creates practical good.
GRATITUDE
GRATITUDE
Good intentions accomplish very little without the capability to act on them, which is why becoming genuinely capable is a moral matter and not just a career one. Practical good requires someone who can actually do the thing, and that person has to be built over years.
Stop separating self-development from doing good. Ask what you would need to be able to do in order to help with the thing you care about most, and start acquiring it.
What practical good comes from you being around?
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.