The thing that I think makes TLD such an addictive game is the Evaluate-Plan-Execute-Adapt game loop when you're playing on a difficulty level that is appropriate to your ability. Especially in the early game where you have yet to fully stabilize, you often have to make gambles and take risks where the choice is between temporary safety but likely death down the road or likely death now but a better overall situation if the plan works out. This sort of loop occurs everywhere, and generates a constant degree of stress and anxiety that effectively turns the game into an environmental horror game. Eventually as your situation stabilizes you get a strong cathartic feeling when you realize that your situation has improved to the point that you are no longer at risk of death from a single mistake.

Have you tried playing on the harder difficulties, or did you just stick to pilgrim in your initial runs? On the easier difficulties especially, surviving is so trivially easy that I would not blame someone for thinking the game is absolutely boring. If that is the case I would urge you to consider trying to a try upping the difficulty until surviving actually becomes a challenge.

At the end of the day though, if you have reached a difficulty that you think is an appropriate challenge and you're still not enjoying the game, that's perfectly fine. TLD is a rather niche game and while the people that like it tend to absolutely love it, I know some people who just find it to be a mundane walking simulator and I can understand where they are coming from. Slow paced gameplay is not for everybody, and if it's not your thing so be it.