the problem is that you are looking for a feeling before doing the activity thats not how it works for good feelings or bad feelings   the normal order is that you do somethingsomething happens then you feel good   what you are doing is trying to prepare yourself for a good feeling before the pleasurable activity happens how can you feel good before something good happens   how can you expect to gain joy when nothing has happened to create it youre preoccupying yourself with how you should be feeling and that ruins the entire thing   sure you can feel excited about something good about to happen but youre replacing that excitement with fear that you wont in the right mindset to properly enjoy the moment   there is no mindset to enjoy the moment you dont have to be or feel or think a certain thing to enjoy the moment   experiment with giving feelings to something instead of expecting feelings to come to you you know its a type of gratitude like try feeling genuinely appreciative of how awesome it will be to ride a bike   your brain is trying its best man but you need to step in and make the decisions here bro good luck