You dont really need to be that creative. You can always run something pretty basic short-term, like uhhhh party gets hired to escort a trade caravan and then gets attacked by bandits, or orcs, or something- and then have tracks or something leading to a larger amount of whatever, and then continue doing that. Its not particularly thought provoking for the players, but still fun.
You can also use tools like the DM guide, where it pretty much lets you roll to get a villain o organization, see what kind, see what their plan is, etc.
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