The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a huge game that is particularly skilled at providing you with distractions. My in-game percentage tracker shows less than 50% completion after 90 hours. In some cases, though, you might not know where to go, so I suggest talking to Patricia when that happens.
Rather than being human, Patricia is a sand seal, and Riju’s personal sand seal. You can find her at the southern edge of Gerudo town after completing the main quest.
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When you give Patricia food, she will share bits of ambiguous wisdom, translated by her handler Padda. Her favorite food is splash fruit, however.
Upon giving her splash fruit, her caretaker will tell you that she has spoken a string of strange numbers.
Those numbers are, of course, coordinates, which you can find on the map or the minimap while exploring.
Tears of the Kingdom’s in-game database of distractions is something many players (including me) will not run into for many hours, but it’s nice to know there is one if you run out of things to do.