In every friend group, there’s the one who knows how. Become that one on purpose.

Every group has someone who can jump a car, book the thing, handle the phone call nobody wants to make. That person was not born capable; they learned a handful of ordinary skills and then got asked, which taught them more. Competence of that kind is not a personality trait, it is a small pile of things you took the trouble to figure out once.

Choose one practical skill your friends currently outsource and learn it properly. Changing a tire, basic first aid, reading a lease, cooking for six. Being the one who knows how is mostly a decision to be the one who found out.