Recently Hacked - What do I do?

Spending a half hour or so each day scanning the FM is more profitable than you'd think, and once you get into it, it's not as boring as it looks. It's an easy way to make money, and when you've got dat cash money, the game overall just becomes more enjoyable.

This. You couldn't believe how much I've made with my 30 month hired merchant and a little time in the FM. Right now I'm not even into the "training groove" because I'm waiting for some more x2 EXP events so I decided to try merchanting. I started at 40 million, after a week of merchanting I'm sitting on 263 million in mesos and 70 million ins scrolls. You didn't really lose that much. I'd say just do what Greg said, whenever you feel motivated to come back, at least you'll have some money to do what you'd like.