Just here to answer your question.

I play for a little bit, then take some breaks. Go on a walk-it's finally stopped raining so it's been nice to see the sun out and hear the birds. Go to the local market, look for some fresh fruits which is a rare success because I swear everyone runs up and snatches them all as soon as the doors open. Clean up around the house a little more. Do some mopping, vacuuming, counter cleaning..switch all the bedding because spring is almost here! Scrubbed the bathroom down nice and good just yesterday. Also tried out an outdoors flea remover so my cats can sit in the back patio without any worries about an hour ago. Will probably going to wash my car windshield now. Maybe tomorrow I'll log into XIV again! Play for a little bit, then go wash my whole car. Trim the lawn, go for a run. This is all because I play likely a normal healthy amount. The whole day doesnt have to be absorbed by XIV. There are many many things to do with ones time. I'm actually greatful that XIV is this easy going. I've played MMO's for years and usually they try to leech every hour of my time they can. But not this one! This one lets me play it and then go tend to my real life just fine. I'm never behind, I'm never rushing. I'm never stressing about how 'oh i should be farming this dungeon running it 300 times for this one thing or else I cant do xyz' I can just do a little bit, and then go make my real life just as pretty as my game life is. So this is how I am fine with however long it takes for new patches. It gives a healthy downtime. I always come into a new patch fresh faced and ready to sit down for hours and hours. and when I'm done, I get to go back to a more responsible balance without fear of that costing me anything. If the money feels like it's being wasted, I simply unsub until it's time to resub again! Because unsubbing doesnt put me behind either! Hope this helps.