I definitely need routine.
I've stuck to that since the day I was born.
I have a vague routine by myself, without much direction, but everything changes when I submit myself the the timings of an employer. I don't mind, at all!! I prosper from that. I'm an early bird. I get plenty of sleep, keep hygiene, and a food regime...
It takes a few weeks to go from one arrangement to the other, and it happens every few months, generally.
I'd put effort and time into my parent / overseer / machine / corporation, and always want to provide more (overtime / ideas) and get more from that.. at the weekend. Weekends are a perfect summary of hell. Nothing to do. No recruiters to speak to. No friends to share things with, as I'm skint.
I really would prefer to do voluntary "work" rather than doing nothing, all the time. I would need something in reward for that, though, somehow...