If taking the ‘easy’ route feels uncomfortable; if you still think you have to achieve or accomplish something in order to receive (like a reward), you are yet to understand the depth of your own self worth, and that you are deserving of receiving simply by the virtue of being alive.
Do something because it feels good to do it, not because you feel like you should or have to. If you lean into your own joy, you are contributing in a way you could never do through fear or obligation