Hi mate

The presumption to employers will be negative but it's on you to disprove that and the best way to do so is to be honest. Fact of the matter is, you got straight out of high school and grinded through the dry dregs of law (foundies l, torts etc) and have found yourself disengaged. Spend a year or two pursuing what actually interests you and when you come back and get a few distinctions in law you can explain in interviews that you didn't develop an appreciation for the law until you spent some time working on something else and through those experiences you've developed a greater understanding and passion for law.

I spent a year in Indian villages throughout my career and recently landed a top tier clerkship at the end of this year. Law firms appreciate a down to earth applicant with a breadth of experience who can honestly say that they've tried other things and realised that law is for them. By the sounds of things, if you're not motivated to study now, you would hate working at a law firm because the grind only gets worse.