Hello I'm getting closer to approaching level 50 with my main class.

I'm new to ARR so I am kind of in a bind on what my focus should be before I get to this level.

As it stands, I have been doing as many of the hunting logs as I can and have been more focused on having a full set of Storm gear for my current level.

This is only my second MMO but i am no stranger to endgame so I expect there to be a lot of prep involved before I jump in to the more challenging content the game has.

My question is, what should be my focus at this point before I get to level 50? (45 ATM)
I'm confident in my healing ability now but I'm not sure if I should become more involved with materia for my gear to increase my survivability. (Have no materia equipped on any new gear as I'm not very familiar with that system just yet).

I know first step is to check here and hope the community will have my back, so here I am! First post too, so I thank anyone in advance for the help