I see the adventure and challenge, but my time is limited too. Having to stop to break rocks and cut trees every 10 min for rested buffs gets old. Having to stop to chunk all the stuff I can't keep seems frustrating. Having to fight bosses without a real rested bonus. Having to walk for 45 min across 0 challenge black forest/meadows to get home. Having mistlands gear that breaks quickly.
The cons just outweigh the pros. Yea it would be cool to an extent to plan your weight and food and gear for each outing, and to boat a bit more etc. But lets take yesterday... decided to get my hat, and needed hot and cold biome fish. I had avoided going there so far, due to going there messing up the area when it gets updated, but a small dip won't ruin the map. 45 min of sailing to catch 1 fish. For that I needed normal food, mats for a boat, mats for a portal, a fishing rod, fishing food, and bait. My inventory was so full that I literally only had room for 1 or 2 fish, and since they come in 5 sizes, and it breaks if you don't have a free inventory slot even if it would have stacked... not a pretty adventure. Instead I dropped a portal and came back for the rod and food, which I ate at the home while re-resting before popping back. And now I can go back there without a 45 min sailing trip that did nothing but burn time. I mean I killed 2 serpent on the way, but they are a joke with the crossbow.

Can you justify 30-45 min of nothing accomplished to someone with a full time job and a caretaker 24/7 on top of it? Is there some adventure I am missing in there?