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Being useful in the space community

I've been on a tear for various ideas related to trying to increase capital for missions for the US as well as expanding commercial space's reach. I often wonder if I'm just wasting my time.

I've always wanted to go back to school now in my 30s and study a STEM field to apply myself towards something spaceflight related. For various reasons that's just not feasible right now with various responsibilities. So I find myself trying to listen to and educate myself as much as I can in space related items. I listen to a ton of podcasts, I read a ton of space related groups, and I've got about 15 or so books in my Kindle backlog that are related to space that I need to finish reading; and that number is slowly growing.

I'm not sure how I could contribute to expanding humanity into space. I'm a member of the The Planetary Society. I read and try to educate myself as much as I can. I'm currently drafting a letter on my Google drive to be sent to all 100 Senators and individualized letters to the National Space Council urging them to please increase funding to commercial space in a competitive way (fixed contract) as well as giving the US direction in human spaceflight that is deliberate and that won't be wavering between elections.

I'm not sure how else to be useful in this space (ha). I welcome any commentary from the crowd.
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