I noticed the same thing when I stopped working ft. I was surprisingly bad at predicting my own interests and what would make me feel happy day to day.
It was almost as if I didn’t know myself, and in retrospect I suppose that was true.
After several years I’ve started working again but in my own way (roci.dev). I’m a lot better at predicting what activities will feel good, and managing my time so that end of day/week I feel deeply good about how it was spent.
Strongly recommend ^ approach of “rolling with it” for several years and trying not to pass judgement with you conscious mind on where your unconscious is taking you.
It was almost as if I didn’t know myself, and in retrospect I suppose that was true.
After several years I’ve started working again but in my own way (roci.dev). I’m a lot better at predicting what activities will feel good, and managing my time so that end of day/week I feel deeply good about how it was spent.
Strongly recommend ^ approach of “rolling with it” for several years and trying not to pass judgement with you conscious mind on where your unconscious is taking you.
Best of luck getting to know yourself.