To me designing and building is an exploration - venturing into new territory, learning what my tools, my hands, and my mind can produce. You may not think about it that way but from what I've read you've pushed your limits and skills out farther. It's less fun building the same project a second time, right? You might refine the first build, fix some things you weren't really happy with, but it's just not the same because it's not new the second time around. There's not as much to learn about your own skills, your tools, not as many problems to solve, etc. Well that's the way it hits me anyway, when I try to put it into words. But when I'm working things like that don't cross my mind - I just enjoy the experience.
As for the slight masochistic streak, I think you've hit on part of the other half. We do tend to torture ourselves a little with things like this - and love every minute of it ...
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