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I find that often my hobbies don't make me feel "I look forward to doing this" before I start, or even "I am enjoying doing this" once I do. But they do make me feel "I'm happy that I did this" after I've made some progress.
(This is a very hard lesson for me to truly internalize.)
It is also totally legit to do hobby things out of anger which is the obverse side of the "I'm happy that I did this" coin. Like, "this bothers me so much that I need to do this". And then it is relief after it is done. Perhaps the less contentment-able (or low tolerance for settling) types of people can harness this power better.