The game is brand new. Wait until there is more to do in a day before complaining about grind
That's kinda of what I was getting at but I could have worded it better. Content right now is so limited that it feels grindy because it's just grinding one thing to a threshold for a new/different scene. Down the road after more new things get added, players might not feel the need to hyper focus one thing at a time. There'll be more things to do and more natural ways to build corruption. If one does still want to focus one thing at a time, some QoL (more naturally occurring ways to build corruption, fast travel, etc.) will help with that.