Coming back to chime in on the idea that finished is better than perfection.
I believe I have solid skills but that my best, or at least, most complex quilts are behind me. But there are all sorts of wonderful projects that I can do within my current skill/vision set and still enjoy both the process and the finished work. I am lucky that I will be able to shift my attention away from piecing to improving my quilting down process and that I have plenty of completed tops to work on for at least (my estimation) a year. If not -- I can whip up some more, but I'm not sure who/what my target audience will be. That's ok, I can think about that when then time comes.
Even with a different primary emphasis, I still feel that I will want to do a bit of sewing on a daily basis. Now that I know that I can see and will be able to drive and all sorts of things like that, I plan to join and get active in my local quilt guild. I'm hoping that maybe I can find someone that does primarily applique and that we can work together where I give them a pieced background for their work. I'm pretty bored myself with strings or log cabins or various other things -- but as a background with a lively applique, I can still get into that especially if I don't have to do the applique. Even better if I can use up color groups of stash fabric to do that. I would just consider it as time sewing and donation fabric. Maybe after a couple I might want to keep one for myself but that's not the plan.