Comment by brailsafe

I would go a step further, or to the side, than others have indicated in terms of paying it forward, and suggest doing everything in your power to remain humble, and ideally donate your time (and money if you have an extreme surplus) to people who aren't necessarily just in your field. Spend time making real solid friends in your community, and help them with whatever you can in the ways that they've (not you, unless they are looking for help identifying solutions) identified they need help with. I try to make myself available for helping with random computer issues, buggy old WordPress installations, whatever, whenever I realistically can, and just try to be a welcoming presence and friend. In addition to all the stuff in my field I can do, like helping aspiring juniors get a footing.