How do you manage staying fully active in the game with a full time job?

[Gemina]

I work a full time job, go to the gym 3-4 days a week, and also do a little side hustling with a financial advisory gig and still put in at least 10 hours a week towards game progression. Granted, most of those 10 hours are on the weekend xD

I'm not married and have no kids, which is like 80% of adulting, so that kind of helps. Though sleep deprivation is not uncommon for me. All good. Just gimme a donut and some Starbucks!

[Chalbee]

My advice is to stop looking at the various things to do as obligations and start looking at them as options. At the end of the day, it's a game and it's about what brings you joy.

[LunaChild]

I suggest you stop doing roulette everyday, it's obviously make you feel like it's a chore. Only do when you feel like to.

[Theodric]

Ultimately the game shouldn't feel like a chore. If you absolutely must log on each day to play and your finances permit, consider hiring a maid and personal chef to aid in freeing up time that you'd otherwise spend on cleaning and cooking. I did just that and it means that when I get home from university I have a lot of free time in the evenings to study, play games and indulge in outings with friends.

[zylo1010]

I play solo. That way I can always get up and walk away to do whatever I need to do. Which is why I love trusts so much. I've been able to max all combat job due to it. And I've almost maxed all craftersbthanks to ishgard.

[Tomoebi]

I do a few roulletes each day and I also run a FC but I don’t even know what to do with that anymore, now that I’m working full time I feel like I have even less time to play now and there’s other games I want to play too, is it possible to work 8 hours day plus drive 45 minutes both ways and still have a lot of time for this game and other games or am I just trying to push myself too hard? It just starting to feel like a burden logging in somedays and I don’t want to do a disservice to my FC either

almost identical but i drive around 80 minutes from home to office. when you feel a burden loging in you should take a break, play other games or do something else. burn out is normal in gaming.

and if you concerned about your FC just make a discord where you still can interact with your members without loging in.

[Canadane]

I work something like 60 hours some weeks.
I still have enough time to do the things I want to do. Time management is a useful skill, both in real life and in an MMO!

[Alucard135]

I play while on the job. It's easy when you're the CTO.

[He-Saiyan]

One word, Solo.

This is why I am glad many MMO are moving towards progression via solo. Video games should be a stress reliever, not a stress inducer. I like to casually log on & do things, not frantically search for a group, get into arguments, or feel like an mmo is full-time job after I came from a job. Let the streamers full-time job this mmo.

I used to be the guy who did all the group content in an mmo, hated every ounce of it. I did it, because I wanted to be the best. Went back to those other mmo like FFXI with a new mind-set, who cares about having the best gear when it comes out. I am actually enjoying the game more than I ever did back in the early 2000s.

[SturmChurro]

One word, Solo.

This is why I am glad many MMO are moving towards progression via solo.

MMO. Solo.