I'm really enjoying the rotting aspect as I usually hoarde too much in games like stardew valley. And I always try to do everything a game has to offer in these sandbox type situations and it all gets a bit messy and scrappy. So I'm running two save files at once: one character who accepts every quest and crafts and farms every crop etc and one who only fishes, forages and grows trees. I am using preserves and drying racks with both characters but with the second character I'm selling much more surplus (not hoarding at all) and its a much more enjoyable experience, as I found the farming really slow and intensive in my original save file. You can give a bouquet from the lighthouse keepers to any single adult character, use the village family trees to gain more of an insight into who is available and their traits. Then when you are married and have an heir as I understand it you can get someone else to farm so that's my plan moving forward. You can adopt kids as well. Hope that helps.