Once you have found your feet, you will probably find that you get more of a kick out of doing the job safely and efficiently rather than just the hand flying aspect.
An extraordinary statement indeed. I am sure most keen and enthusiastic pilots gain more satisfaction from the skills required to hand fly a raw data ILS in a crosswind and nail it - rather than watching with great admiration the automatic pilot doing the same job. Both approaches should do the job safely and efficiently but the "kick out of doing the job" is certainly not the same.