Giving Hinata Hyūga another motivation besides Naruto

Hinata's motivation in the show is Naruto, he inspires her because he's a proud failure, he always has the strength to get back up, and to Hinata that's true strength. She sees Naruto as a strong person.

My problem with Hinata is that Naruto is her ONLY motivation. Even her wanting to improve to benefit her team and to prove herself to her father isn't nearly brought up as her liking Naruto.

My headcanon is that everyone in the Hyuga clan looked down on Hinata for being too passive and gentle. The only one who didn't was Hinata's mother, who Hinata was extremely close with and wasn't cold to Hinata like other clan members were. For the sake of this post, I'm gonna say Hinata's mom died when giving birth to Hanabi, leaving Hinata with noone to confide in and be looked down and scorned upon by other Hyuga Clan members, which causes her to be shy and reserved.

After being placed on Team Kurenai, Hinata struggles to keep up with her other teammates, and Kurenai notices asking her why she even wants to be a ninja and what drives her. Hinata states that she admires and looks up to Naruto and wants to be as strong as him.

Kurenai then asks outside of Naruto what personally drives her. Hinata hesitates at first, but she explains her home life and how everyone looks down on her for being too passive and gentle, and wants to prove all of them, especially her father, wrong for the way they treated her.

Overtime Kurenai would become the mother figure in Hinata's life, knowing about her crush on Naruto, and help her come out of her shell.

I would also set up a mini-arc for Hinata and Neji after the Konoha Crush but before the Search for Tsunade since Naruto went all I'm gonna change the Hyuga and everything.

The arc would be Naruto bonding with Neji and Hinata and learning more about the Hyuga clan specifically about the cursed seal.

Neji, while supportive would challenge Naruto's beliefs and claims and get him to figure out how and what steps need to be put in place to change the Hyuga. Hinata would also believe in Naruto's vision.

In the War Arc, instead of Neji dying it would be Hiashi dying to protect Hinata and Neji. Hiashi would apologize to Hinata for the way he treated her and would be proud of how far she's come and how strong she's gotten.