Yeah the resting system is the worst designed aspect of the game due to how it breaks the flow of the story. It's literally a "click me if you want a story" button that I have to actively abuse in order to experience the main thing I play RPGs for, which is the story.
I feel like Early Access ended way too soon and unfortunately these issues will be present on release. Not that it will ruin my enjoyment of the game, but would have been nice to experience it fluidly instead of me having to abuse it. And I feel sorry for all the new players who will run into the same issue as I did and basically not see 50% of the story because they'll be avoiding rests because of the tadpole.