Agreed. Skills are equally lacking, self sufficiency as well as sovereignty. Community participation like volunteering, cleaning up litter, park stewardship. And just like you pointing this out, I'm spitballing this idea hoping someone more capable than myself might take the idea and run with it. 

In a perfect iteration of this idea, there would be all sorts of avenues to stack while legitimately contributing to society. Decentralized labor if you will. But also decentralized self improvement. Anything to incentivize ambition.