Inventory management is horrible in this game

I know people get really bent out of shape when this is brought up, but I can't think of another game that handles inventory as poorly as Valheim does. No equipment slots, your equipped gear just sits in your inventory eating inventory slots, oh yeah you have 25 hp but you can have more just need three more inventory slots for foods.

I have a solution, I'll just carry the mats for a teleporter but wait, that's just more inventory gone, but wait I need a work bench to make on of those, more mats eating inventory.

I just recently started playing this game after finishing Elden Ring, I've found myself fighting trolls with nothing but melee, while at night while also being attacked by endless hordes of Greydwarfs and yet the biggest challenge is trying to loot mobs and figuring out what I need to throw away.

I want to really attempt this vanilla with no mods, but I find myself not playing the actual game as much as I'm playing an Inventory Management Simulator.

Is everyone just running around with mats for teleporters at all times just to deal with inventory management?