When I'm bored, I just make a new creative world and just start automating random tasks, please tell me I am not the only person who does this?
Same here. I automate if I anticipate a need for it and to get around doing repetitive work.I do keep creative worlds where I can more freely experiment with new thought up contraptions and learn new mods before I implement them into my proper worlds.
But I wouldn't find any motivation in just automating things just for the sake of it.