but to limit the question: in terms of daily grind?

I am not a grinder myself, so its hard for me to say what others would grind, but just to answer your question:

- gather resources (be careful not to deplete them, and understand how depletion works first)

- get fights for your creatures so you can sacrifice them for better stats (be careful not to unbalance your profile too much or you will lose access to altars and more)

 

(others are welcome to answer more and flag different answer as the right one)

I have an aversion to grinding so I cannot give the most complete answer. However, even someone like me can grind without doing anything.

You can grind activity days by logging in. That's useful in the early days of your account, as well as the much later days of your account. And related: active days also increase your land affinity, which helps with some things. Consecutive days also give you coins.

You can grind wins for some creatures - set pope rituals. You can grind stats and wins if you actively fight. You can raise chicks for winertia (no fights needed), you can train trees for vitality.

You can collect resources of various kinds and that also raises associated skills.

You can grind volition points just by moving through the realm.