I love this hobby.

I look forward to every session I have with my friend and our buddies because I enjoy hanging out with them, and I love my friends.
I enjoy playing with people I don't know because while there may be tensions at first, it's good to be challenged and encounter new thoughts and modes of play.
I like trying new systems but I'm also okay with going back to an old favorite.
I don't mind new ideas because they can lead to positive changes, nor do I mind old ideas because they survived the test of time for a reason.
RPGs give me surface-level knowledge about a wide variety of topics and some of the stuff that interested me, I went into a deep dive on.
It also pushed me in a new direction in my career, got me to write my first book, and expanded my skillset (mathematical modeling, statistics, writing, time management, people management, communication - just to name a few).
It made me a happier man.

I love this hobby, I love RPGs, and I enjoy every second of it, even the stuff that was bad at the time, it was actually good or useful in retrospect.