Quote Originally Posted by Kyata View Post
Controller + watch something while you do leves/gather spam.
This, so much. I had a show going on the right half of the screen and FFXIV on the left. I caught up on a lot of shows I wanted to watch because of gathering.

It also helps to not set a definite, numerical goal for your gathering runs. Instead of thinking, "I'll get half a level today", think "I'm going to gather while I watch this show". Then just gather while you watch, and stop gathering when you want to stop watching.
Also, removing the exp bar and floating exp text helps. If you concentrate too much on leveling, the numbers will seem to pass by more slowly.

The above, along with rested exp, GC manuals and food, meant that I was able to lose myself in the experience, and I was leveling unintentionally a lot. I did less than a dozen gathering leves getting all three DOLs to 50.