A Plea to the FFXIV OF Community

[Issac]

If you ever start to feel like FFXIV or any game is becoming a job, the easiest way to solve that is to get a job, or if you have one, work more hours. Give yourself less free time. Not trying to be insensitive, this is genuine advice.

Oh, also... If you ever want to tackle anxiety head on, seek a therapist or spend a day researching it and try to come to some realizations.
At its core, anxiety is selfish. And I don't mean this as an insult, as we all can be. But when you get pulled into an anxious spiral, just who is at the center of all your worry? A good way to combat anxiety is random acts of kindness to strangers. Start at one per day, see how you feel in a month.