Here every SBC has a purpose. Your can do it op
Me: Buys a $200 SBC with a powerful CPU and gets all kinds of aspirations of what I can do with it
Also me: Plugs it in, gets SSH working, and then promptly runs out of ideas on what to use it for.
I also “never finds the time” by spending my day doing useless shit lol.
REMOVED! Reason: User described my life without my consent.
At the very least you could run useful network services on it (pi-hole ad blocking, a local NTP server, etc.)!
I actually did use one of my Raspberry Pi(s). I have a small shop, and I used it to run a in-house developed Point of Sale system. It has been running for a year no problem. But I’m not using them as a hobby, even though I really want to mess with them.
It took me 9 years to make use of my first (and only) raspi.