Several of us here are of the creative bent. Some of us use the products of our hands to earn our daily bread; others make things without thought of recompense. Why? Why go to all the trouble of securing supplies and equipment, seeking training, and then investing the time it takes to make something? It seems like a lot of work. We could be using the same time to watch TV, swim in the local river, inventory our mildew collection or any number of other things.
Well, here's my answer. I make things because I have to. When an idea gets into my head, I can think of little else until I either write it down or make it (or both). If I go for very long without making something, I start to get depressed. When I start feeling down, I go to my kitchen or pick up some needles and yarn or a stick of lumber and begin planning something to make out of it. Whether the new project turns out the way I visualized it is not important; the action of making is the part I need. Sometimes I can sell something I make, which is nice, but many times the thing stays with me, and I often find things I've made and don't remember making them.

Your turn. Tell us why you make things, whether they be sporrans, boats, chocolate cakes, engines, model bridges, strap hinges or whatever.