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Factotum formally means a person who does many different tasks, often as an assistant.
Charles Bukowski wrote a book titled "Factotum" about a man who was adrift in a haze of self-indulgence and purposeless existence, taking any odd job that was convenient.
I consider the state of being a factotum as the opposite of living a "full" life, and I am circling around the difference between fully devoting one's focus towards a personal passion rather than a seri…