This is a fair point. I wonder how common it is to be someone like me: I actually took up a part time retail job to help with my freelancing because zoning out

This is a fair point. I wonder how common it is to be someone like me: I actually took up a part time retail job to help with my freelancing because zoning out and doing physical work helps me with intellectual problem solving sometimes. If more people work like you and need the undivided focus time, you'd be right that's a variable to consider.