Yes, crafting does currently include monotony, for the monotonous.

My linkshell had a fishing party the other day.
Yes, that;s right, a fishing party.
Ok plenty fun in a group throwing our rods off the side of the cliff.

When that's not the case, i sit here and watch some TV shows i want to finish.
You can argue that this is itself a problem, but it is what it is, for NOW.
I've got each Mining, Botony and Fishing up to near Rank 30 while watching Trigun.

I'm good with that, and you know, even if there WAS content to replace the grind,
I still might have just pounded that enter key and watched Trigun.

But of course, i hope that they do add content for it sooner than later.