There’s two kind of activities that I do:
that whose anticipation gives more joy than actually doing it. for eg, watching a football match. I’m usually excited all day in anticipation of a match , but actually watching it is rather meh.
one that I usually dread anticipating, but enjoy a lot while doing it. Thinking about reading a hard book doesn’t actually spark as much joy as thinking about watching a match, but while reading the world feels more colourful, ideas frolick around in my brain, and life in general feels wonderful, and I’m not even exaggerating.
Hope to do more activities of the latter type