What are the things that you were trying to do but couldn't do? Is it a particular thing or things in general? If it's a particular thing, may be your subcons

What are the things that you were trying to do but couldn't do? Is it a particular thing or things in general? If it's a particular thing, may be your subconscious is telling you the task is not ready to begin. I have similar experiences in not able to start on a particular development task and later it turned out that the design was bad. All the effort would be wasted if I have started anyway. It's better to just relax and do something else enjoyable. When things are ready, you can jump right in.