I totally understand you, when other parts of life gets too complicated, you'd like your hobby to be simple, because hobby time should be fun and relaxing, and in this scenario, simple is fun and relaxing.
It's also true for the other side, simple easy life requires something complicated to preoccupy yourself with.
If hand pumps were not invented, I personally wouldn't consider PCPs as a practical tool, I'm a hunter, and running out of air in the middle of nowhere, far far from the air source is a nightmare for me.
And for other shooters here, I think we really should encourage each other to use hand pumps in PCP airguns, it's healthy for us, and you appreciate and enjoy every shot you take from that rifle even more, because effort has gone into it...
My grandfather at the age of 80 or so was swinging axe at wild pistachio tree and taking them down(some of THE Hardest wood I know), and he last up to 96, workout does not expire us but rather the lack of it.
Stay healthy.
Jake.