My way of thinking

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As someone who grew up in a war zone and went through multiple difficult steps to be where he is and it's something the moment I realized and adhered to changed my life for the better and thought of sharing it with you:

1. Acknowledging your powerlessness.

99% of things around us is something out of control and our existence played nothing in creating.

2. After acknowledging No.1 you turn your energy into the (1% or less) or what you can really do and what you can actually control. (Because of your skills, education and physical ability).

3. After acknowledging No.2. you look at a CERTAIN and SPECIFIC issue you can actually do something about.

Example: You are a bilingual? You may wanna help some refugees getting their paperwork done or translate a work of literature, etc.

YOU CAN'T SOLVE THE REFUGEE CRISIS and STOP WARS but you can help some refugees (maybe even 10 in a lifetime) getting their paperwork done.

4. After you actually do that, you realize that even simple things, require a lot of logistical work and consistency. Many of which are (super boring).

5. Even though it is super boring stuff, you are ACTUALLY contributing much more than writing a full book complaining about a certain issue or criticizing people for getting it wrong and and talking about (other people being idiots).

6. Maintaining that belief of directing your already existing energy into something positive no matter how small will be far more fulfilling that talking about the "big subject" which trust me is far more interesting and exciting at times than doing logistical boring work and showing up at 6AM at a refugee camp to translate a piece of a paper.

7. Again, I understand that it is boring and it's not something many wanna hear but I would like to remind you that's something within YOUR control of most of us who weren't born into power, intelligence, status or privilege to be in a position where we can actually change policy and have billions of dollars to fix things.

I hope that helps.