If you are still waiting for "society" to give you the opportunity to work on yourself and thrive, do yourself a favor, and stop daydreaming. The world doesn't care about you living up to your potential. You will be taken advantage of, and spend your whole life on a trajectory that some other people chose for you, as long as you don't show some backbone, set strong boundaries, and demonstrate real initiative when it comes to what you want and how to get there.
We are living in a time where the intelligent are expected to stay silent so the ignorant are not offended. The result is that truth becomes controversial while nonsense is celebrated.