>>42391636As a creative, I actually had less drive when I had no job. Too much free time can kill motivation, because you're constantly numbing your brain with entertainment and dopamine. If you're at work, you CAN'T work on your passions, and so you spend a lot more time dreaming about them, and you value the free time you have more. Since getting a job, I've spent more of my free time creating and far less of it playing video games and such.
Of course, I'd imagine some jobs are too exhausting even for that. Mine still leaves me with at least a little bit of energy during my time off, although juggling exhaustion and creative work is still a struggle.