Quick question regarding long rest

[Fuzzyballs01 ꦙ]

can I ruin the game if I rest too much? do I need to rest a certain amount of times so I don't miss things?
yes or no, I'd rather not have any spoilers,but I a so don't want to miss anything because I was afraid of resting too much and getting more influenced by the tadpole
I just completed the emerald grove arc and I just rested my second time, I usually just use potions to heal up and I feel like I'm handicapping myself by forcing my mages to use cantrips for most of the game

[Nordomus]

AFAIK there is no penalty for resting too much but I'm not 100% sure.

[HoneyDrake]

There are some events which are timer based once you trigger them.

They are really small: you will not ruin your game at any point for using long rest, there are no negatives at all if you long rest every single fight (if you desire to do so). Some of them have no real quest line to begin with and are just like small encounters you will ignore to begin with.