How to have fun in games? I'm playing games since I was

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How to have fun in games?

I'm playing games since I was 5-6 years old (mid 90s). I started with consoles until I got a PC in ~2003. I used to enjoy games, but in the last ~10 years I haven't, really.

Single player games used to be fun for me, but now they are not. Online games, and especially competitive ones, changed me in a way that it's impossible to have fun in games anymore.

Learning process became a chore that you simply have to go through to get to the "endgame". Nothing but the "endgame" matters. Gradually games started requiring way less skill than they used to back in console days, while putting more emphasis on the lore and appearance. "Who cares about lore or gfx, it's a game, gameplay is the only thing that matters" - this kinda way of thinking has been stuck inside my head for very long.

Basically any new game begins with a chore. You need to learn it, you need to die, lose, etc. Emotions have to be disabled during that period, otherwise the rage/toxicity will make you drop the game before you even got to the "real game" i.e. the endgame. The "endgame" (or, the highest level of play) is usually (80%+) imbalanced and becomes boring after a few months.

How to become a casual player again. How to stop striving for improvement in every small task while learning the game? How to learn to be a mindless gamer who admires graphics and story? How to stop being a powergamer?