Motivations are never purely one thing. Sure, I want people to like me and earn back some of the good will I hopefully generated working for the group in previous scenarios. But I recognize that's not guaranteed or transactional. I also want to be the sort of person people I trust can trust back and that's working to be better.
I think it's "really helping" if it's helpful, And having 20 open graves on the grounds isn't helpful to anyone. Right now there are these two, one I was assigned, one I came up with. There will probably more in the future that I hope I can help on, but time will have to tell.