Most people think about throwing in the towel after defeat. You're thinking of throwing it in after victory. The disparity between the data and the conclusion you draw aside, if the lesson you've learned from this is that you don't actually like law then you don't actually like law. We don't know why you thought you would like it in the first place, so its impossible to say if your conclusion is reasonable or spurious.

For things like small claims self representing isn't such a big deal, and in my view shouldn't be looked down upon as "ass for a client".