We are in this world for the purpose of Malchus Shamayim i.e. Bringing moshiach
That is all .
The problem is there are many (mouthing piousness ) whose goals are .. different
There are even more who however well meaning, are cop-outs essentially
[They’ll rationalize that
“they’ll working on themselves” or ” they’re working on they’re families”
but] the net sum is the same
cf. last verse of Psalm 123 comm.