Quote Originally Posted by laaayel View Post
Leveling up other jobs, crafters, gatherers, prep mats for gear. Collecting the dragon mounts from last expac's trials or any of the other ones. Make gil for a house.
I did that for over 6 months while waiting for Endwalker. This game is half story, half everything else. But at this moment, if you remove the story what else can you do? Leveling up? Decorate? You can still do all that while playing the story. Have you finished raising your Shared fate rank?

You don't have to do the story in one go. Still a few weeks for savage raids and housing.