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What's the point of differential geometry?

I've been self studying differential geometry for a little while now (4-6 months). I am learning from Lee's Introduction to Smooth Manifolds, and I just don't quite get the point of the subject. Why do we study the constructions that we study, such as differential forms, submanifolds, vector bundles, etc. ? What is the goal of differential geometry, i.e., what is the motivation for studying it?