You aren't doing anything wrong; the last hub update, 2.2.2, introduced an option to enable or disable the creation of events from Rule Machine, Motion Lighting, and Simple Automation Rules. Here's what the option looks like in the latter:
It is similar in RM and ML.
You do not need to have this option enabled; the app will work the same either way. It can be useful for troubleshooting--either the app events or logs--if you are trying to track down if or when something happened. Otherwise, some people prefer to keep these options disabled, perhaps because it's a tiny bit less work for the hub (probably why they were added). See here for a bit more:
