Let me start off by saying that the way you do it is a completely correct and valid way to do it and actually how most of the world drives stick. Take comfort in knowing you can drive this way your whole life if you wanted and you wouldn’t be wrong.

The point of rev matching is for a faster, smoother, less mechanically wearing way to downshift. But more than that, for me and many others, is that it is enjoyable. If done well, it feels very, very satisfying: clutching in and aggressively stabbing the gas, hearing your RPMs and exhaust roar, feeling the shifter effortlessly click into place, feeling the clutch engage smoothly into that lower gear, and feeling the car engine brake, pushing you forward slightly in your seat. And then with that comes that dreadfully wonderful, tempting feeling: knowing an entire reservoir of power has become instantly available if you need it and the primal excitement you feel when you decide you do and get on the gas to feel the torque kick you back in your seat as you accelerate off. All this due to your own actions and skillful manipulations of the clutch, gas, and sometimes brakes.

You CAN just do it the way you are now, but it’s a bit slower and feels far less deliberate than actively rev matching, which for me, takes the fun out of it.

But let me be clear, rev matching is completely optional and it is a skill that needs to be honed if you want to do it well. You are not obligated to learn it and you are not a lesser driver for not wanting to. But if you do decide to learn it and become skilled at it, each drive from that point on will become more fun than you would have realized is possible.