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“De-atomization” calls to mind ikigai, where you find an avocation that fulfills multiple purposes of what’s good for you, your family, the world while making use of your talents.

It’s different, though. Because I imagine someone who does a hard job they hate, getting fit in the process and leaving work at work when they come home to the family they’re supporting, is more characteristic of the de-atomized person OP has in mind.

Another concept that comes to mind is the idea of “balancing” personal needs of work, friends, family, mind, body, social, spiritual, etc. A lot of literature will suggest that you “set aside time a d attention for each of these in your week” and might point out that you can fulfill multiple at once, but seldom talks about the VIRTUE of activities that specifically fulfill multiple at once.



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