If I was stuck in FFXIV with my character, first and foremost I would try to find a way out to get back to my wife and daughter. If there was not a way out, I would become a Astrologian to read fortunes to people/play doctor to make money. I would also become an alchemist to try and find a way to make the fantasia potions for myself, then stockpile to sell for a small fee.

I would most likely chill in Limsa Lominsa after I got all the necessary skills to chill by an ocean.