The hobby you return to after a difficult week has already earned part of its place.

Something you drift back to when there is nothing left in you is telling you what it is for. It is not earning its place through skill or output or anything you could show another person. It gives you back some capacity, and that is a real function rather than a lesser one.

Notice what you reached for the last time a week wore you down. Put an hour for it in the calendar before the next hard stretch arrives, and stop quietly asking it to also become impressive.