Welcome to this beautiful hobby! I'm sure you'll love it for a long time to come (as you said, it helps to not _have_ to do it for 40hrs a week).

I want to add to your description and say that the design part of the work can also be hugely satisfying! I found that there is something similar to software engineering: you can make it as simple [1] or complicated as you want, but there is something magical about finding the simplest solution that gets the job done.

Consider posting some photos on the woodworking subreddit if you make something cool!

[1]: a minimalist piece that I'm personally proud of: https://www.juricho.me/zurich-table/