Started the Dragon's Tear Questline yesterday, I'm close to finishing it today. Everything else in the game is on hold until I finish this, I am completely invested!
I feel like side adventures end up being longer to complete than a sidequest, or tie into the overall story progression while still being self contained as well. One side adventure I got on the Great Plateau led me into another side adventure with a familar key NPC from BotW.
FInished doing stuff in Kakariko, decided to go to Lurelin but ended up stopping by the Great Plateau. Was so surprised with how different it is!
Ended the night in the middle of a sidequest that I started by going to the Temple of Time.