This is just depressing to me having literally grown up in a darkroom.

"For years my process looked like this: load film and take photos, ....[blah blah blah]... the exported image."

"At first this was an exciting process for me. Then as the number of rolls increased, so did my effort to do this for 36 frames per roll."

I shot black and white film sine the 70's, medium and 35mm. I would develop the negatives and prints myself. The complete process was a joy. I never printed every shot, but I put care into each shot I processed. I was careful when I took a photograph, because the cost limited how much I shot. This made me a better photographer.

I later started scanning my film with a Nikon CoolScan (this was in the late 90's) and i already started hating it. Then I started full digital and now I do not shoot anymore (I was semi professional with Art work published in national magazines).

"My part is now the part I can thoroughly enjoy, which is looking at the results I’ve snapped and finding inspiration to snap more."

Why do any of this just shoot digital if you do not care about the process?

Some aspects of the process seem more like labor than a form of self-expression. I think if you are into the limitations of shooting film photos it makes sense.