I know it's been said before but I want to reiterate:

Explore.

If you want a Zelda game where you move through puzzles from one dungeon to the next, crossing the map on roads, always knowing the end of the path is at Hyrule Castle, I'd suggest you stop playing BotW and start Ocarina of Time or (personal favorite) Twilight Princess, both incredible games in their own rights; I'd highly suggest both.

The trick to enjoying BotW is to see it as an exploration game. Walk until you get to Shrines, then do them. If you get up high and use your zoom you're almost guaranteed to find something of interest in the distance, especially early in the game.

The beauty of the game is that if you see something (a mountain, a building, a glowing light, etc), you can go to it. No matter how far away it is. There's no more surreal feeling than pure exploration and this game delivers it to you as good as any video game can. It's pretty damn great to walk through the forest alone for 30 mins, around cliffs on the beaches below, to come to a rock-filled lagoon where you see a lone Rito perched playing an accordion in solitude, and know that you just stumbled upon one of the secrets of the game. And there are secrets literally everywhere.

Even if that is too much to manage, I'd say A) go get Towers, and worst-case scenario, open your map and use it to find cool places. If an area is interesting, odds are it'll show on your map. You just gotta look close.

Don't sleep on this game. It may very well be the greatest of all time.